And you go back to a single point of failure, requirement to host and maintain a server, or to pay them to host it for you.
Discourse is probably the best alternative, but it still has drawbacks as well. -David > On Aug 2, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Shawn Erickson via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > Exactly. If you utilize a forum solution like Discourse you often will also > still be able to support folks that want to deal with email. > > -Shawn > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:17 AM Tim Vermeulen via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote: > For what it’s worth: Discourse has a Mailing List mode, which will send you > an email every time someone makes a new topic or replies to an existing topic > (apart from the topics you muted). You can then reply to that email to post a > reply in that topic, just like in a mailing list. > > > On 8/2/16 13:15, Karl Wagner via swift-evolution wrote: > > > There's no guarantee we would have to give it up entirely - many forum > > > platforms have apps with caching for offline viewing. > > > > > > Besides, im not sure these discussions are always so important that you > > > really need to download the entire list and save it all offline. > > > > > > Karl > > > > > > > On Aug 2, 2016 at 6:05 pm,<Rainer Brockerhoff via swift-evolution > > > > <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org > > > > <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>>>wrote: > > > > > > > > On 8/2/16 12:21, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution wrote: > > > > > It is an instructive example of why remaining with a mailing list, > > > > > flaws and all, is probably the best answer for Swift Evolution. > > > > > > > > Whatever keeps a mailing list as bottom implementation gets my +1. > > > > Forums and other browser-based things may be more convenient _if_ you're > > > > in a place with 24/7 connectivity, which is not true for many. > > > > > > > > FWIW I'm using Thunderbird off the gmane group because threading doesn't > > > > work well with other email clients. > > A scenario I often have to follow, both at home and on trips, is > > connect, download everything new, disconnect, read entire threads later > > offline. > > > > -- > > Rainer Brockerhoff<rai...@brockerhoff.net <mailto:rai...@brockerhoff.net>> > > Belo Horizonte, Brazil > > "In the affairs of others even fools are wise > > In their own business even sages err." > > http://brockerhoff.net/blog/ <http://brockerhoff.net/blog/> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org> > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution> > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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