[racket-users] Re: Beginning of the end for googlegroups?

2019-01-29 Thread 'Joel Dueck' via Racket Users
A possible alternative to Google would be to host this group as a forum on a public Fossil repository. Fossil is a source control system similar to Git. But unlike Git, a fossil repo can include its own forum (as well as wiki and issue tracking), and it has a built-in web interface. A Fossil r

[racket-users] Re: Beginning of the end for googlegroups?

2019-01-26 Thread Zelphir Kaltstahl
I've always wondered, why Racket uses Google groups and guesses, that it is because of low setup effort required. In such cases the darker side of lock in system shows: Not so easy to get away from them. When the lights go out it is possible to lose everything. It's very similar to the effect some