On 9/27/07, Aanjhan R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Vivek, > > Thanks for the info. I am forwading it to the list so that it is > discussed there and we take it forward. Pratul can join the list too > and contribute his ideas.
To start the discussion, I choose to play devil's advocate. IMHO, we already have an active mailing list, which necessitates us to first decide whether to have a forum or not. Too many sources of information leads to confusion. Rather we can focus on improving the contents of our Wiki, which we had been trying to for some(?)time. We may have a FAQ section and move really good questions asked in this mailing list over to the FAQ section. I very well know the counter argument is a majority of the users are not used to mailing list but to forums. And from my experience, very few forums seem to be alive as time proceeds while most become inactive due to existence of too many similar forums We also have a Ubuntu Forums at http://ubuntuforums.org/ which already has a bigger pool of information, so we have to think twice before we start our own forum. As for as forum package is concerned, isn't there a Python based forum package ? ;) As from my memory, the rival ubuntu.co.in also had a forum but it seems to be off the web when I browse for it. I hear the news that it was hacked. Just my 2 paisa, I leave the rest to the members to decide. :) -- Parthan aka Technofreak FOSS Enthusiast and Ubuntero People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. ~ Dr. Norman Vincent Peale -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
