> On Aug 2, 2016, at 9:04 AM, Brad Hilton via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Chris Lattner via >> swift-evolution<swift-evolution@swift.org(mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org)>wrote: >>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 5:14 PM, Brandon >>> Knope<bkn...@me.com(mailto:bkn...@me.com)>wrote: >>>> Forums for contributors would: >>>> - be more familiar for a lot of the newer and not as experienced developers >>>> - be easier to search >>>> - be easier to moderate (not really a problem yet) >>> >>> Hi Brandon, >>> >>> Moving from email to a forum system has come up before, but they have some >>> disadvantages.One of major wins of email is that it is pervasive and can be >>> adapted into other forms.For example, if you haven’t seen it yet, check out: >>> https://stylemac.com/hirundo/ >>> >>> -Chris >>> >> We've discussed forums on swift-evolution before. Maybe it's time for >> another go, with Swift 3 winding down. >> >> For context, prior discussions are on this >> thread:https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20151207/001537.html >> >> I'd just like to vote once again >> forDiscourse(http://www.discourse.org/faq/#what):-Excellent web >> interface(https://meta.discourse.org/), from the people who brought you >> Stack Overflow(built-in search, etc.) >> - Read via email if that's your thing: it has "mailing list mode" which >> includes 1-email-per-post, if that's your cup of tea >> -Reply via >> email(https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-mailing-lists-email-in/13099)if >> that's your thing >> - It'sopen source(https://github.com/discourse/discourse)itself >> - I believe it has ways of getting content as JSON and/or RSS, so I'd hardly >> say "can be adapted into other forms" is an exclusive feature of email. >>
> +1. I would love to see Swift Evolution on Slack or a forum, it would be so > much easier to manage. Apologies for cross-thread posting but if anyone reading this thread can hop over to " [META] Gmane and Swift Evolution" and help the effort to recover from depending on a third party service, it will be greatly appreciated. It is an instructive example of why remaining with a mailing list, flaws and all, is probably the best answer for Swift Evolution. -- E _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
