dears,

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016, Go Linux wrote:

> Maybe someone else has something to say? Especially if you revel in
beating a dead horse . . .

of course the thread is still around and we are all reading, including
hellekin. So far I (and just for one) stand by his strenous defense of
a web forum which overall works well for what it is: a web forum.
I don't believe it can be a substitute to mailinglist though.

I also think that it is good to discuss this here and among us before
Devuan takes off in the next iteration of releases. This is all part
of the beta process and we should be all fond of it being a community
based process, not a top down one. Rest assured there will be a
consensual process which does not exclude all options.

Yet, as Hellekin mentions, if we are up to have a web forum, an
alternative should come up. A lot of work was put in Discourse to work
well with Devuan and it is not acceptable to let it fade without an
alternative. Large scale community projects do need a web forum, which
is different in composition and use from a mailinglist, and we all
understand how and why...

ciao