OK, putting the idea on hold for now :) I'll have to re-think the concept.




On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday, August 04, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Nazar Hotsa wrote:
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 12:44 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Cygwin-ports-general] CygwinPorts website/forum/etc
>
> Yup, will do that too. I perfectly understand likes/needs of NNTP version.
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM, James E. LaBarre <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> On 08/04/2011 09:31 AM, Nazar Hotsa wrote:
>>> I see...
>>> Anyway, I have a feeling that a community website is something people
>>> will enjoy :) OK, I guess I'll give it a try. Will announce here if
>>> folks are interested.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
>>> <[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 18:50 +0300, Nazar Hotsa wrote:
>>>>> I want to create a website with forum and perhaps other
>>>>> bells&whistles for Cygwin/CygwinPorts community. I feel like ppl need 
>>>>> this.
>>>>> Ready to sponsor domain name, hosting and some work to get the site
>>>>> up and running.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you guys think about this? Is my idea worth putting efforts in it?
>>>>
>>>> I think this pretty much sums it up:
>>>>
>>>> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-10/msg00134.html
>>
>> I'd agree with Ken's comment that I despise being constrained to a
>> web-GUI interface.  Yes, for some people that's the best solution, but
>> I'd suggest if you create such a forum that you should find some
>> solution that also provides NNTP versions of the forums as well.
>> Would much prefer to use a newsreader, and really wish more sites
>> would go that way.
>
> I, for one, would not like a proliferation of web sites.  If Yaakov won't
> put a link on <http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/>, it just going to be a
> resource that many won't use.
>
> - Barry
>  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
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