On 11/07/2016 11:29 AM, Miroslav Rovis wrote:
> On 161107-10:38+0100, Edward Bartolo wrote:
>> This is one important reason why Devuan should have invested effort
>> into setting up a forum that uses an interface many would use readily.
>> I suggested phpBB like forums.debian.net. The reason given for not
>> choosing phpBB, as I understood it, was phpBB is too demanding on
>> servers.
> I may be only a future tester, but I very much miss the phpBB
> functionality of a good forum for Devuan.
>
> It's many people who expect that, simply because it's the most common
> way to ask for and get help, and generally hand around in most distros
> of FOSS/GNU Linux...
>
> No mailing list can, at least not in significant measure, replace
> that...

Forums are fine and all, but since this list and IRC are decently
active, it may be a poor move to try pushing forums as well (given that
the "discuss" forum is pretty much dead in the water).

Now, if there was a newsgroup ...