I don't see any discussions to have Swift Server Side shift to Discourse forum too?
On Thursday, February 9, 2017, James Hillhouse via swift-evolution < swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > I'll echo Nick and Joshuaโthanks 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 <javascript:;>> 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 <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ > >> 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 <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> > >>> There was a long thread on swift-evolution about whether we should use > modern forum software โ like Discourse โ 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 <javascript:;> > >>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > >> _______________________________________________ > >> swift-evolution mailing list > >> swift-evolution@swift.org <javascript:;> > >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > > > > > -- > > Rick Mann > > rm...@latencyzero.com <javascript:;> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > swift-evolution mailing list > > swift-evolution@swift.org <javascript:;> > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org <javascript:;> > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >
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