On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Rene Teerwill <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/12/16 Søren Hauberg <[email protected]>:
>>My main concern is the regular contributors. If a forum is better for
>>users, but worse for developers, then it is definitely a no go.
>
> The forum I mentioned before is a forum for developers.
> IMHO a forum would be better for developers AND users.
> If a forum would be not as good as a mailing list - how to explain
> that most grown communities (at least the ones I know) use forums
> instead of mailing lists.
>

Possibly because they had someone who did the work. Or maybe they
started with a forum from the beginning.
And can you give examples? I think that for instance GCC or the Linux
kernel still use mailing lists...

>> Also, I should mention, that you would not only have to convince me, but
>> also the other regulars on this list...
>
> No, I don't have to, it was only a suggestion how we could improve
> communication.
> You made it quite clear that you don't want the system to change.
> Fine for me, I've seen this more than once that people like to stick
> to old clunky systems they know rather than trying something new.
>

That's a nonsense. Just because people don't jump with joy when
someone brings up his ingenious idea doesn't mean they're not open to
new suggestions. Soren just pointed out the difficulties he expects.

best regards

-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert & GNU Octave developer
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz

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