On Wednesday, 12 March 2014 at 20:27:42 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
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.
Having used more "modern" software extensively, mailing-lists
just don't feel right to me personally, but thats just me and no
argument.
For actual arguments see my earlier reply.
Newcomer-friendliness is a big one.
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.
In heated discussions people sometimes get "enraged", which leads
to misquouting for example.
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'.
It does sound modern to me too and I don't actually know if that
is somehow defined. Here is what I mean by it:
Discussions often evolve and change topics, still they stay in
something called a "thread". Having replies coupled more loosely
and maybe being able to "redefine" the current topic would be
nice or otherwise split discussions, which (as appears to me)
happens not often enough.
My appeal is it to switch to a more modern forum software
Well, all content is available from the server.
I'm not sure what that means.
(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?
see above.
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.
I apologize, since the last time I have taken a proper look at
their website it seems to have turned into a mess.
