On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 01:47:34PM -0400, Dan Harasty wrote: > Hello, all. > > OK, I know I'm just the "new guy" here, and it may be poor form to > suggest that a well established forum should change its ways....
:-) > But I find the email-based discussion list VERY inefficient. > - any sense of "threading" of a conversation is lost (at least for > me: I receive the "digest" version.) > - if there is a way for me to "search" for my issue in "prior > threads", I haven't found it yet. (Maybe I'm missing it.... or > maybe it doesn't exist) Google works for me: gnuradio + <whatever I care about> gets me one of the N mailing list archives, where the messages are threaded. > - email arrives even on days when I'm not focusing on my GNU radio projects. Gee, that sounds like your mail handling tools suck. I'd suggest the non-digest format, and have your MUA automatically put the messages into a folder that you only look at when you care about GNU Radio. I'm assuming that your MUA can sort out the threading. > I'm part of other organizations that use a "web bulletin board" very > effectively. It addresses all the above issues: threading, > searching prior discussions, and simply "being there" when one needs > it. One such system is vBulletin (http://www.vbulletin.com/). This > system is a bit different from a wiki (which has static pages that > anyone can update). Rather, someone posts a "post" in a "forum". > Follow up posts are seen distinctly (you can't edit someone else's > post), and all such follow ups to an original post are called a > "thread". > > Is there any interest in considering a shift to it or something similar? Who knows? You can of course subscribe an address that gets gateway'd to where ever you like. > Yes, it would need: a physical host, effort to set it up, an admin > (for membership issues), and a panel moderators (to edit / move > threads when necessary). And maybe the cost of the software. > > I understand that if there is a lack of interest (to participate), > or if no one is available to set it up, it won't happen. If so: > /c'est la vie/... However, I just wanted to float the idea in case > there is general interest and the right set of volunteers. > > -- Dan Harasty Thanks for the suggestion and the links. Eric _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio