On 11/27/2011 10:41 AM, alex wrote:
Hi folks,
I just wondered why there still is this uncomfortable and obviously outdated
newsgroup software in use.
Perhaps it'd be more contemporary to have a 'real' browser-based forum to which
everyone can register and post D-related questions&answers.
So, my recommendation would be to establish a forum based on phpBB or a similar
framework software (btw, it's free and open source, so don't worry about
possible
costs!) at forum.d-programming-language.org
To give D a further community 'push', I and a friend of mine really would like
to set up all required things if wanted.
The reason I'm asking the newsgroup directly is to have the forum that can be
reachedunder the official D internet URL, so that it won't be a 'third-party'
driven one
or something like that.
Even if this idea should be a bit too 'large', please do fix the http interface
for the D main newsgroup thread - it's not working for me and only gives back a
connection timeout.
Imagine sitting in a movie theatre after the movie is finished. Everyone
wants to talk about the same movie. What if you had to look through each
comment made in the theatre in chronological order, instead of just
turning to the person you came with and talking to them?
To me, Forums are not meant for discussion. They are a means to
broadcast an opinion or question, and ask for feedback.
Walter appears to be in favor of having a discussion medium. I think
that the D.learn newsgroup could be easily (and probably more
productivly) converted to a web-based Forum. Even though it may cause a
small division between communities, it would provide a more comfortable
entry point for new developers who are more accustomed to Forums. The
Forum could have a read-only view into the news group to expose the
Forum Users to the language developer community and lessen the gap
between the two groups.
My 2 cents.
