On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 5:16 PM Rowan Tommins <rowan.coll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think "moving to a modern platform" presents a false dichotomy. > > Any move needs to be assessed on both the advantages and disadvantages of > *both* (or all) options, not just what looks new and shiny if we move. > > Some starting points off the top of my head: > > * Ease of access (is subscribing to e-mail *really* harder than logging > into Github?) > * Notification of replies and new threads (I find Github pretty awful at > controlling e-mails and giving useful activity overviews) > * Handling of threads and sub-threads (at minimum, a tree view like a > decent e-mail client; preferably, ability for trusted users to split and > merge threads) > * Spam control > Agreed. Notifications might not be the strong side of GitHub, but there's a way to filter discussion notifications (same as subscribing to the mailing list) and subscribe/unsubscribe to a specific discussion only. There are also threads with replies, although there are no sub-threads.
