Thanks Sorin for bringing this up. I've posted a request to enable the Discussions feature for pytest-dev/pytest: https://github.community/t/can-one-apply-for-github-discussions-beta/121120/162?u=nicoddemus
Cheers, Bruno. On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 11:08 AM Sorin Sbarnea <ssbar...@redhat.com> wrote: > My intent was to separate organization threads from the development ones, > not to deprecate the mailing list. > > I do not think that an issue tracker is good for **discussions** as in > open-ended subjects, or even for support. In fact using the issue tracker > for user support is really bad as it make maintenance much harder. > > Still, there is something new from github called discussions which is a > very basic forum directly integrated into github. > > You can see it as > https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule/discussions -- not very > active but functional. > > Discussions are in private beta, and we need to ask github to enable them. > > If anyone wants to enable it for "pytest", I could try to pull some > strings. If desired, an org/repo admin should ask for it at > https://github.community/t/can-one-apply-for-github-discussions-beta/121120 > > > > On 8 Sep 2020, at 14:54, Arseniy Antonov <arseny.anto...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Sorin, > > So basically you want to move all projects related discussions from > maillists to the github issues - did I get you correct? If the answer is > yes then from my perspective it's a really nice idea. > > Also a lot of communities have #slack accounts - have you ever thought > about the slack/(any other messenger) group for pytest community? > > > > вт, 8 сент. 2020 г. в 16:07, Sorin Sbarnea <ssbar...@redhat.com>: > > About two weeks ago I created the https://github.com/pytest-dev/meta > project with the hope of being used for tracking organization wide issues > (and avoid having to pollute our main pytest project). > > > > I seen use of "meta" on many github organizations for the same purpose, > "stuff" that is unrelated to the code of a specific repository. I hope it > will become popular. I do also see other benefits as used of a mailing list > sets a higher barrier for people that are not yet fully dedicated (we do > all know experienced the "Ahh not another ML!" sensation). > > > > Early today I also added the first ticket, the proposal for adoption of > the testinfra plugin, see https://github.com/pytest-dev/meta/issues/1 and > comment there. > > > > Cheers, > > Sorin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pytest-dev mailing list > > pytest-dev@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev > > > > > > -- > > -------------------------- > > Regards. > > Arseny Antonov > > _______________________________________________ > pytest-dev mailing list > pytest-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev >
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