Choose a CLI friendly forum so it looks like I'm hard at work while I'm browsing forums, and I'll be happy. I don't suppose anyone knows of any that are actually built to be CLI friendly? or even _for_ it?
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <srid...@dhanapalan.com>wrote: > 2009/10/19 Dave Hall <dave.h...@skwashd.com>: > > On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 19:29 +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > >> 2009/10/18 Dave Hall <dave.h...@skwashd.com>: > >> > On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 17:35 +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > >> >> > >> > That is why I proposed the compromise plan - use a forum with a mail > >> > interface and link it to the relevant lists. It would also allow us > to > >> > make more lists available to Australia ubuntu users. FUDForum is > >> > capable of doing this. > >> > >> But we already have a compromise plan: a list with multiple forum > interfaces. > >> > >> That gives us: > >> * an e-mail list, professionally and reliably administered by > >> Canonical (lists.ubuntu.com) > >> * forum-like interfaces through Google, Gmane, etc. > >> * a centralised and reliable store of message archives > >> * other archives around the Internet > > > > All of this remains > > > >> * no burden of administration on any community member > > > > Someone has offered to admin it. > > "Someone" > > Do we have certainty that this service will continue for the long > term? Will it have the same level of reliability and performance as > using Canonical's servers? > > Can we trust a proprietary service? At least with Canonical there is a > degree of trust. > > >> Another key question is who will own the posts. I don't want my posts > >> to be owned by some unknown entity. I can post to lists.ubuntu.com > >> with some assurance that they'll do the right thing with regards to > >> rights. Even if they don't, my messages are still mirrored around the > >> Web. > > > > As it interfaces with the lists, it will be the same as now. > > I still don't see how turning everything upside down will bring any > benefit. We already have a system that is tried and proven, and there > are multiple capable Web interfaces to use. Would it make you feel > better if I called Google Groups or Gmane a "forum"? > > If you're so wedded to vBulletin, there's always ubuntuforums.org. Why > have another? > > Based on experience, I can say that this is not something that > Ubuntu-Au should be doing. It's a lot of work for no gain. > > -- > Bring choice back to your computer. > http://www.linux.org.au/linux > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >
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