Re: [Clamwin-users] Re: Email 2 Forums Change hurts...

[JT J. <jt...@ai...>]

Alch wrote:
>>I will not be able to check the forums due to time.  The fact 
>>that email notifies me that changes have occurred to Clamwin 
>>in a similar fashion to many if not all other Open Source 
>>type programs, I use. It would seem silly to limit the 
>>contribution method.
>>
> 
> Clamwin-announce mailing list will remain in place. It is just
> clamwin-users with support questions has been moved to forums. If you do
> have a specific question and are unable to use forums, please use
> clamwin-users I will reply to it. 
> 
> The clamwin-users list is not "closed" as such, it js just no longer
> advertised on clamwin sourceforge page. We want to conoslidate all
> support issues into one place to save time answering them. We hope you
> undesratnd our decision.
> 
> Regards,
> Alch


*wave hand*

"These are not the forums you are looking for..."

Every other FOSS project I'm involved in (more than ten) uses a mailing
list. I read every single one, every single day, all in one place, using
an easy-to-use interface that is completely consistent between them.
I've been doing so for the last ten years (although the FOSS in question
has shifted over that time). I also have a nice offline archive of all
those messages.

Aside from this sentence, I will abstain from complaining about the
futility of making concessions for the benefit of people who can't
figure out how to use a mailing list.

I suppose you could run an RSS feed, but that won't make it easy to
reply, or to display a threaded view. The suggestion to use a forum that
gates to e-mail sounds like it might serve everyone the best.

JT