I'll echo Nick and Joshuaβthanks Swift Core team for taking the time to decide on this change.
Jim > On Feb 8, 2017, at 9:37 PM, Rick Mann via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > I second this praise. FWIW, I recently installed Discourse using a > DigitalOcean droplet, and it couldn't have been easier. Upgrades are > surprisingly easy, too. > > I have yet to figure out the email integration; I hope you can get that > working. > > I also hope you give some effort to improving on the default Discourse look. > It's not bad, but I feel like it doesn't do a good job of delineating > functional areas on the page. Having said that, I'm more than happy to wait > indefinitely for such an improvement; it's not worth holding up the roll-out. > > Thanks again! > >> On Feb 8, 2017, at 19:34 , Joshua Alvarado via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> >> πππππππ >> This is an awesome decision and a huge enhancement for the Swift community. >> Thanks (Core Team) for taking the time to entertain the discussion and move >> forward with what many community members have wanted. >> >> Alvarado, Joshua >> >>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 5:03 PM, Ted kremenek via swift-evolution >>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> There was a long thread on swift-evolution about whether we should use >>> modern forum software β like Discourse β as an alternative to the mailing >>> lists we have now. After a long discussion, the Core Team has decided to >>> move swift-evolution and swift-users to Discourse. >>> >>> There are tradeoffs to moving to a forum. The main advantages are: >>> >>> - Easy for people to participate without subscribing to the entire mailing >>> list, as well as no need to provide email address to participate. A lot of >>> people have voiced concern that they feel resistance to participate because >>> of needing to subscribe to a mailing list. >>> >>> - Consistent affordances and rendering of content, including Markdown >>> support. This is really useful for having technical discussions. >>> >>> - Better searching of topics, archiving, etc. >>> >>> - More tools for moderation. >>> >>> - Topic cross-referencing, and consistent organization of topics instead of >>> whatever threading support a mail client provides (which is inconsistent). >>> >>> I also want to consider moving the -dev lists to the same forum setup as >>> well; but that will be a separate conversation on those lists. >>> >>> A rollout plan has not been figured out. People are busy and there are >>> logistics to figure out. I will be engaging a handful of members from the >>> community to help with the transition. Specifically, there are those who >>> really value using email for participation on swift-evolution and >>> swift-users, and the goal is to get the forum setup to allow those people >>> to continue to feel effective when using email for discussions on these >>> "lists". >>> >>> More details will be announced as they get figured out, but I felt it was >>> important to let the community know about this direction. >>> >>> Ted >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> swift-evolution mailing list >>> swift-evolution@swift.org >>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> swift-evolution@swift.org >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > > -- > Rick Mann > rm...@latencyzero.com > > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
