Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Libreplanet using Discourse for mailing lists and web-based forums?

2017-06-20 Thread Mike Gerwitz
On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 20:44:56 -0500, J.B. Nicholson wrote: > I don't see this as a problem. I see this as a feature: I have no problem > filing the list emails into a folder and reading them when I have time. I > subscribe to multiple lists and I do this quite successfully across them all > usin

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Modernizing the Libreplanet Community Infrastructure

2017-06-20 Thread Eric Wong
I would be open to setting up a public-inbox mirror for this and other GNU lists(*). The most notable instance is the one I run for the git project: https://public-inbox.org/git/ All the code is AGPL-3.0+ and designed for low-end hardware (both client and server): git clone https://publi

[libreplanet-discuss] Libreplanet using Discourse for mailing lists and web-based forums?

2017-06-20 Thread J.B. Nicholson
Connor Doherty wrote: * Mailman, the software usually used for mailing lists, shows its age, with an unnecessarily clunky, under-designed web interface. Two big good things about Mailman 2's web interface: it's optional (one can do mailing list management via email) and it doesn't require Ja

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Modernizing the Libreplanet Community Infrastructure

2017-06-20 Thread Connor Doherty
Hey John! 1) The answer is no, I haven't, but if you knew about that, what prevents you from upgrading? (Not that I think it's any better than Discourse.) 2) I had a feeling it was for more than groups, but I have yet to see it used for anything else in a way that is (inarguably) successful. Reg

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Modernizing the Libreplanet Community Infrastructure

2017-06-20 Thread John Sullivan
A couple quick things: 1) have you looked at Mailman 3? Has web forum features. 2) mission of wiki is not just geographic groups. Maybe we need to make that clearer. It's also intended, and has been used for, a space to collaborate around issues and actions. ___

[libreplanet-discuss] Modernizing the Libreplanet Community Infrastructure

2017-06-20 Thread Connor Doherty
For new coders, non-coders, and in general everyone who is not an older/established member or prospective member of our community, the structure for communication is seems antiquated at best, daunting and inaccessible at worst. Resources are fragmented among multiple sites, poorly optimized for