Re: [Springframework-developer] Consolidation of sf forums and user mailing list

[Daniel M. <mi...@pa...>]

+1 for consolidation.

+1 for mailing list (I agree with Rainer)

Another benefit of a mailing list is that dialup users (like me) can download all messages at one time and then browse/read them offline.

Daniel Miller

Rainer Schmitz wrote:

> +1 for consolidation.
> 
> Personally I prefer mailing lists:
> - All information (also from other projects) in one tool with the same 
> handling - no need to check different forums and to remember different 
> ways to post messages.
> - Messages I've seen are marked automatically, new messages are 
> automatically identified.
> - The mail author is easily identified
> -- no "Sender: SourceForge.net" or meaningless sourceforge alias
> -- the senders address is available for private communication
> - I can mark, sort, archive... messages of (personal) interest
> 
> Regarding people not knowing about the searchable archives at gmane: 
> just include a link at the location where the mailing lists are 
> announced and maybe in the message footer generated by the mailing list 
> server and (most) people will know.
> 
> Rainer
> 
> 
> Colin Sampaleanu wrote:
> 
>> We've talked about this briefly before, but I propose that we actually 
>> go ahead and for support purposes consolidate the existing SourceForge 
>> forums and the user mailing list into one or more forums run using 
>> some decent forum software (phpBB looks quite good; it's what's used 
>> by hibernate.org).
>>
>> The SF forums are fairly horrific from both the point of view of 
>> people trying to get help (search is really bad, threading is really 
>> bad, they are slow, etc.), and the people trying to provide support 
>> (general management and visibility of threads, slowness). The mailing 
>> list is fine for what it is, but given the fact that most people don't 
>> run mail clients which do proper threading, and I doubt most people 
>> know about the searchable history archives at gmane, it's not terribly 
>> efficient either.
>>
>> We've got a limited amount of resources available towards support, and 
>> my feeling is that moving to a consolidate solution with a good ui and 
>> good search capabilities will free up a bit of time initially, allow 
>> things to scale better in the longer term, and provide a better 
>> experience for everybody.
>>
>> Let me know what you think. One issue is w/regards to hosting. Forums 
>> running something like phpBB would obviously incur some bandwidth. 
>> Thomas, I presume the host the website is on is out, in that respect, 
>> right?
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
>>
>>
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