On 03/12/2014 07:11 PM, bossfong wrote:
As a "new kid", I'm really baffled by by how much discussion in the developers scene is done in mailing lists. I strongly believe that mailing-lists are not suited for heated discussions on very specific issues.
I happen to know that they are suited quite well, so please substantiate.
I even belive it's counter-productive when comparing the discussion flow with modern forum software.
I don't understand. A comparison of paces will not change the direction of progress.
By modern forum software I mean discussion centric software like disqus[1]. ...
Note that at this point I don't know what 'discussion centric' means, except that it sounds 'modern'.
My appeal is it to switch to a more modern forum software
Well, all content is available from the server.
(even though I value really much, that the current webforum is implemented in D). ...
This is the only actual (if weak) argument presented, and it goes against your suggestion. Are there others?
Is there anything specific holding us back? [1] http://disqus.com
I've read more of that than I wanted, and I am not smarter now. The entire page appears to be a sales pitch devoid of content relevant to our case.
