Sure it would. A bug tracker has its purpose and is also good for discussing specific issues. But a development mailing list (or forum if thats what people want) is good for development discussion, questions about development, etc. I was just responding to Geuis' specific comment about mailing lists not being a good medium for development discussion.
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 06:23:49PM GMT, Script Head [EMAIL PROTECTED] said the following: > Wouldn't a bug tracker such as Mantis (http://www.mantisbt.org/) be a more > effective way to track bugs? While at it, using a version control system > such as Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org/) would be more effective > way to resolve such bugs and maintain the application. > > ScriptHead > > On 10/13/05, Mark Krenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 05:58:56PM GMT, Geuis Teses [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > said the following: > > > Mailing lists are a very inefficient means of communicating on an > > > open-source project. > > > > Says you. That must be why so many successful open source projects > > use them for their development team. > > > > -- > > Mark S. Krenz > > IT Director > > Suso Technology Services, Inc. > > http://suso.org/ > > > > > > -- Mark S. Krenz IT Director Suso Technology Services, Inc. http://suso.org/
