On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 06:15:30 +0000 Andrew Williams <a...@andywilliams.me> said:
> Really? When he meant phpbb he said so - phase seemed like an autocorrect > of phab, apologies if it was not. But perhaps we should wait for his reply > rather than guessing. yeah. he means phpbb :) https://www.phpbb.com/ and he's right. it's notorious for filling up with spam... since it's so popular there are a gazillion script-kiddie "register a user (with fake email address or even register a throw-away email address too), go post spam and then run away" scripts for it. > Andy > > On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 at 06:37, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 04:41:54 +0000 Andrew Williams <a...@andywilliams.me> > > said: > > > > no - he meant PHPBB... not PHAB. it's a www forum engine thats rather > > popular. > > > > > My preference would be to keep users off phab if we can - it contains a > > lot > > > of really useful stuff for devs and if that gets clouded in lots of user > > > contributions it could get frustrating (not to mention that the search is > > > already pretty hard to use). > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 at 04:44, jaquilina <jaquil...@eagleeyet.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Does phase have built in forums? My main concern with using forumsome > > like > > > > phpbb is they are plagued with spam issues if not setup correctly. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Samsung tablet.-------- Original message --------From: Simon > > > > Lees <sfl...@suse.de> Date: 10/07/2017 04:13 (GMT+01:00) To: > > > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [E-devel] Notes > > > > from community discussion in Malta > > > > > > > > > > > > On 09/07/17 08:13, Al Poole wrote: > > > > > A lot of that makes sense. Definitely "wow" factor is what attracted > > me > > > > to > > > > > Enlightenment. I remember back in 05 when e16.999 went public just > > how > > > > > amazing it was and looked, even now it remains impressive. > > > > > > > > > > A forum is a good idea. Like a bridge between phab and the mailing > > list. > > > > > Also it might not be so intimidating? Good for helping people with > > common > > > > > issues. Maintaining pages also so people realise the project is > > active, > > > > > even if there's a while between releases. > > > > > > > > I like the idea of a forum, certainly more then more slack channels, > > > > forums for example are not only public and searchable but indexed by > > > > google so answers start showing up in google as well. To get the most > > > > out of it though it would be nice if we had a irc / slack bot that > > > > posted every new forum topic to IRC then people who help there would > > > > probably also see and answer the questions on the forum. > > > > > > > > The reality is many users don't understand irc or mailing lists, there > > > > simply not old enough but they do understand forums, bodhi for example > > > > has a reasonably active forum. If such a forum existed, i'd be happy to > > > > help monitor and moderate it and forward appropriate questions to the > > > > bugtracker / mailing list / irc as needed so they reach the right > > people > > > > where needed. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Simon Lees (Simotek) http://simotek.net > > > > > > > > Emergency Update Team keybase.io/simotek > > > > SUSE Linux Adelaide Australia, UTC+10:30 > > > > GPG Fingerprint: 5B87 DB9D 88DC F606 E489 CEC5 0922 C246 02F0 014B > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > > > > -- > > > http://andywilliams.me > > > http://ajwillia.ms > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > _______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > -- > http://andywilliams.me > http://ajwillia.ms > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
