Caleb M. <[email protected]> writes:
It made sense to have a "Forum" heading back when it was
Discourse,
because it was hosted by the project and felt more like part of
the
website.
When the "Forum" heading started linking to the subreddit it
seemed
weird to me because the subreddit is not part of the site, and
most
people would call it a subreddit rather than a forum.
If we are linking to the mailing list from the website, it feels
even
more weird to leave the heading there. If we are adopting a
more
expansive definition of the word "forum" that includes the
subreddit,
then the google group is a forum too. At that point the "Forum"
heading is more confusing than helpful, in my opinion.
Okay. Certainly my experience is that many people seem to have a
very specific idea of what a "forum" is, so i take your points in
that regard. On that basis, the use of the word "forum" on the
"Join Us" page should also be changed, to e.g. "... or on the
r/voidlinux subreddit".
The inactivity of the mailing list could be due to the lack of
any
mention of it on the website, or the fact that you and others
don't
point people to it.
When i started using Void last year, the mailing list was
mentioned in a few different places, and so i immediately joined
it. Despite the fact that the mailing list /was/ being mentioned,
i found that people weren't using it. Which doesn't surprise me -
although i prefer mailing lists, it seems many people nowadays
really don't like using them. So i'm not sure that the inactivity
of the mailing list is primarily due to it not being mentioned.
It sounds like some members of the community
have decided the mailing list is dead, while some are still
suggesting
it as a place to ask for help and submit patches. Perhaps we
should
have a broader discussion about whether the mailing list is an
official communication channel?
Yes, i agree it would be good to be clear on this, as i raised
this issue myself here:
https://github.com/void-linux/void-docs/issues/337#issuecomment-649899928
If it's decided that the mailing list is still an official
communication channel, then it should certainly be mentioned on
the "Join Us" page.
I don't have a GitHub account, and a few people on IRC have said
the project will accept patches via the mailing list. I hope
that
is still true.
i don't have a commit bit for that particular repo, so it's up to
those who do. :-)
W.r.t. the void-docs repo, for which i /do/ have a commit bit, i
am personally happy to take contributions in a variety of forms:
not only diffs, but also comments (either here or on r/voidlinux)
which simply describe the suggested changes.
Alexis.
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