Hallo Everyone, About the various options that has been proposed:
1. Facebook is not a migration option. It is not a platform for discussion, but rather a gathering area. Think townhall gathering with gate keepers who has a large influence over not only who is allowed in, but also who sees what. Search is not a functionality of the environment. If someone wants to use that to expand the exposure and use of Hugin, by all means go ahead. I would probably join such a group but it won't be my main place to look for help. 2. An online forum to replace the mailing list. Place an extra hurdle in front of my participation. I have to go see if there is any activity, as opposed to a mailing list where it is immediate. I did visit the online discussion forum mentioned earlier in this thread. It is less active and they don't seem to be aware of both the history of the software, or the existence of this group. Not sure how that is possible. 3. Current mailing list. I immediately see any activity. I can right now access all material from 2009 onwards, prior to that in my email archive. I am not diligent enough to delete unwanted material, but do from time to time delete technical threads to do with compiling, or platform specific discussions. And I can efficiently search my email, offline and permanently. Monday, July 22, 2019, 11:25:58 AM, you wrote: Frederic> I too use a mail client and I wouldn't want this to become impossible. Frederic> 2019-07-22 9:51 UTC+02:00, 'Caetano Veyssières' via hugin and other Frederic> free panoramic software <hugin-ptx@googlegroups.com>: >> Speak for yourself. I find it neither simple nor convenient. If you use it >> only through your email client, it means you never search for existing >> answers to your questions, which deflects the purpose of a forum. The only >> reason I see for using it this way is if you only give help and never ask >> for it. Frederic> That's why it is nice to have a web page to perform searches. But then Frederic> a mail archive on the web will offer the same function. Plus I keep an Frederic> archive of the mails I find interesting (even the Hugin mails) and can Frederic> search in my archive even when I am unable to connect to the Internet. Frederic> You can search google groups for Hugin posts. Would a forum give Frederic> better search results? I am not quite sure of this. More focused, yes, Frederic> with less irrelevant answers. But using Google's search engine with Frederic> it's tricks has it's advantages too. Frederic> I understand wanting to get away from Google. But we must be careful Frederic> not to lose important things. So I am OK with migrating to a forum, as Frederic> long as the forum offers the same mailing as Google groups. Some Frederic> forums for example only send mails if you explicitly subscribe to a Frederic> thread. This would definitely be bad for me. I want to get all mails Frederic> from all threads, without any action from me. Frederic> -- Frederic> Frederic Da Vitoria Frederic> (davitof) Frederic> Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - Frederic> http://www.april.org Groetnis Marius mailto:mlo...@medic.up.ac.za BMedSci (Hons) UP, PGCHE (UP) HCM (FPD) add some chaos to your life and put the world in order http://www.chaos.co.za/ Hierdie boodskap en aanhangsels is aan 'n vrywaringsklousule onderhewig. Volledige besonderhede is by www.it.up.ac.za/documentation/governance/disclaimer/ beskikbaar. -- This message and attachments are subject to a disclaimer. Please refer to http://upnet.up.ac.za/services/it/documentation/docs/004167.pdf <http://upnet.up.ac.za/services/it/documentation/docs/004167.pdf> for full details. -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/1769321147.20190722115343%40up.ac.za.
