Re: replace mailing group by forum?

2021-02-01 Thread Alan Hawrylyshen
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 2:38 AM nug get wrote: > As a suggestion from my side, how about replacing this mailing group by a forum? Hi all; ObBeancount: I'm new here, I am a ledger convert. I gave up when I realised that ledger was letting me shoot off my foot without warning me. I love the b

Re: replace mailing group by forum?

2021-02-01 Thread Martin Blais
On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 6:54 AM Kirill Goncharov wrote: > I suggest switching to beancount/docs as a primary documentation source. > Everyone will be able to contribute to it, and no additional services will > be needed. Also, sooner or later gdoc conversion pipeline will stop working > so it's so

Re: replace mailing group by forum?

2021-02-01 Thread Kirill Goncharov
I suggest switching to beancount/docs as a primary documentation source. Everyone will be able to contribute to it, and no additional services will be needed. Also, sooner or later gdoc conversion pipeline will stop working so it's something to consider in any case. A knowledge base can't be

Re: replace mailing group by forum?

2021-02-01 Thread Daniele Nicolodi
Hello, what there is to be gained in having these instruments you propose to be blessed by the Beancount project? Anything that is somehow officially affiliated with the project would require a whatever minimum level of involvement from the project contributors, at a minimum level because the rep

Re: replace mailing group by forum?

2021-02-01 Thread redst...@gmail.com
IMHO, here are some of the things we could improve upon for this community, in addition to a few that the OP suggested: - cut down time spent on answering FAQ from new users, while getting new users up and running quickly - grow collective knowledge about seemingly niche and/or speciali

Re: replace mailing group by forum?

2021-02-01 Thread kohlt...@gmail.com
I think a wiki (or any kind of knowledgebase) is the way to go. Since Martin already has great writeups in Google Docs an import should be quite easy plus linking between pages is built in rather than just pointing to another thread to read. Forums tend to be "sign up" -> "ask question" -> "get

Re: replace mailing group by forum?

2021-01-31 Thread Martin Blais
Some people do the Discord thing. I find it too distracting. I don't have the time. Plus it's hit-or-miss when you show up whether the right people happen to me there or not. We probably should have some way for people to add / edit a shared KB. We've been working with Gdocs so far, not just me, b

Re: replace mailing group by forum?

2021-01-31 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 2:38 AM nug get wrote: > Dear community, > As a suggestion from my side, how about replacing this mailing group by a > forum? > > pros: > - potentially build a structured knowledge base that is helpful > - user-generated how-to-content > - control notifications > - not spam

replace mailing group by forum?

2021-01-31 Thread nug get
Dear community, As a suggestion from my side, how about replacing this mailing group by a forum? pros: - potentially build a structured knowledge base that is helpful - user-generated how-to-content - control notifications - not spamming everyone with your new topic that might be interesting only