On Oct 8, 2011, at 5:15 PM, Jason J. W. Williams wrote: >> As Bernd Helber remarked, forums can play a significant role in Linux >> distributions, as they allow users to "have conversations". It would be >> great if an initiative to create one for OI could be started. > > I agree that forums are more user-friendly when you're searching for > an answer that already exists. However, I find mailing lists easier to > interact with and reply to on a regular basis. I think the reason the > OpenSolaris forums worked so well is that each forum also had a > mailing list bridged with it, so you got the best of both worlds (easy > search and easy participation). My request would be the the mailing > lists not be dumped in favor of forums, but rather set up as another > way of participating with the forums.
+1 At least initially, having the mailing list bridged with the forums provides best of all possibilities. If we see a nice surge in users/traffic, then the volume might tend to cause mailing list traffic to grow too unwieldy, but we can cross that bridge if we ever get to it. And, it would be a great problem to have too. :) Greg _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss