as i understand the proposal is to add a new separate distinct communication
channel - that would surely be counter-productive
some issues would be discussed on one channel while other issues would be
discussed on the other channel - worse than that, the same issues would be
discussed on both channels but with some opinions being expressed on only one
or the other so overall, such an arrangement can only hinder communication -
in order to be fully in the know, one would need to follow both channels
i do agree that this forum is not appropriate for developer discussions but
the following channels are already in place for that purpose:
* the #trisquel-dev IRC channel (for real-time communication such as weekly
meetings)
* the trisquel-devel mailing list (for proposals and longer discussions)
* the gitlab issue tracker (for in-progress feature progress)
the #trisquel-dev IRC channel for example, is essentially dead - this
indicates to me that the trisquel dev community is very small indeed and so
splintering communications is a terrible idea
also it should be pointed out that, as i understand, this user forum is
actually a mirror of the trisquel-users mailing list - so surely the devel
mailing list could be mirrored as a forum also if that is desirable for some
folks
so it would seem that the proposals such as drupal and mattermost are merely
to fill the desire to play with fancy new web-based SAAS toys - i see no
benefit to those over traditional "tried and true" channels that are already
in place - if the intention is sincerely to improve communications then my
suggestion would be to spend less time in a web browser and more time in the
IRC channel
