Re: [Notion-general] Moving the mailinglists away from Sourceforge

[Matthieu M. <Mat...@gr...>]

tot-to <not...@to...> writes:

> But the requirement of Google account create much more trobles. One
> needs not only to register, but also to set-up forwarding from Google
> e-mail to their actual address.

You are making a confusion between a gmail account and a google account.

A google account can be linked to any email address, not just gmail. And
as said in other messages, you do not need a google account to use
google groups, although it's clearly more convenient when you have one.

> And in order to post a message, instead of simply sending an e-mail,
> one needs to log-in.

This is not true. Why are you saying that?

> Apart of everything else, mailman is a free software, and google groups
> is proprietary.

If we are to pick google groups Vs sf.net, we should consider the
drawbacks on both sides.

Read this for example:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourceforge-grabs-gimp-for-windows-account-wraps-installer-in-bundle-pushing-adware/

or for french-speaking people:

http://linuxfr.org/users/jehan/journaux/sourceforge-de-pire-en-pire-usurpation-d-identite-du-projet-gimp

I don't particularly support the migration to google groups, but moving
away from sourceforge would definitely be a good thing in my opinion.
Sourceforge did a good job supporting free software 10 years ago, but
they are now actively harmful.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/