On 2023/12/19 19:13, Xuanwo wrote: >> Discourse will provide us an incoming email address. All email sent to >> this address will become a post in discourse. We need to add this >> address into the [email protected]'s subcriber list. > > This is talking about Discourse SaaS which cost about $100 ($50 if we have > non-profit discount). > > If we can request a vm from ASF Infra, we will need: > > - VM with 4C8G > - Postgresql > - A SMTP account to send mails > - A domain like discuss.opendal.apache.org > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2023, at 18:55, Xuanwo wrote: >>> Does it need any configuration from the mailing list part, i.e., >>> involve INFRA setup? >> >> Discourse will provide us an incoming email address. All email sent to >> this address will become a post in discourse. We need to add this >> address into the [email protected]'s subcriber list. >> >> No another setup needed, AFAIK. >> >> We need some test and demo to make sure everything works as expected. >> At the time of writing, I don't know how to do that. >> >> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023, at 18:19, tison wrote: >>>> called mailing list mode >>> >>> Does it need any configuration from the mailing list part, i.e., >>> involve INFRA setup? >>> >>> I don't know how this happen but as long as we have a readable copy on >>> the dev@ mailing list, other integration as view can be OK. >>> >>> Best, >>> tison. >>> >>> Jun Ouyang <[email protected]> 于2023年12月19日周二 18:16写道： >>>> >>>> Hi xuanwo: >>>> That’s great! I strongly agree with this change. But I have a concern about >>>> markdown support sync to Maillist, It seems will cause more bad experiences >>>> for Maillist users. >>>> >>>> *GPG public key: 4A6D297E6F74638E4D5F8E99152AC7B5F7608B26* >>>> *Thanks,* >>>> *Jun Ouyang* >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 17:36 Xuanwo <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, all opendal community members >>>>> >>>>> I'm thinking about hosting discourse as an alternative way for mailing >>>>> list. >>>>> >>>>> Discourse has a feature called mailing list mode. After enabling this >>>>> feature, we will sync every post between our mailling list and discourse. >>>>> >>>>> - Users can create/reply to posts created in discourse via email. >>>>> - Users can create/reply to posts send by email in discourse. >>>>> - Users can search all posts in discourse. >>>>> >>>>> By adding this new alternative, I can see the following benefits: >>>>> >>>>> - All discussion still happen and archived on mailing list (here). >>>>> - Users like mailing list can still uses mailing list without any change. >>>>> - Users like forums can use discourse instead. >>>>> - Users don't need to subscribe the email list first before asking >>>>> questions. >>>>> - Markdown support, Full-text search support, better UI/UX... >>>>> >>>>> What do you think? Do you want this alternative? >>>>> >>>>> Xuanwo >>>>> >> >> -- >> Xuanwo > The infra and the SaaS cost should not be a problem. I'll take a sponsor for this action.
BTW +1 for the proposal
