Can we try to mark any emails about the forum as [FORUM] in the subject so that they are easy to spot. I think I've missed 80% of the conversations because they get lost in my mix of Libreoffice-dev, qa, website mailing lists ;) If not, I'll try to be more aware, my apologies for being out of the loop (I'll try to catch up tonight).
Best Regards, Joel On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Marc Paré <m...@marcpare.com> wrote: > Hi Florian, > > Le 2012-09-13 03:53, Florian Effenberger a écrit : > > Hi, >> >> Marc Paré wrote on 2012-09-13 05:29: >> >> Does jforum allow for the possibility of mailing list integration >>> similar to Nabble? This would allow those who are familiar with the >>> functioning of mailing lists to post of the forums and vice versa with >>> forum users. >>> >> >> while I don't know whether it's technically possible: Is it worth the >> efforts? IMHO, we would end up with the very same problems that mailing >> lists don't support certain forum functions (top-pinning of topics, >> deletion of postings etc.) - this is the reason why Nabble isn't >> sufficient, as far as I know. >> >> Florian >> >> > The largest reason for this integration is the clear divide between the > communication needs of contributors and users. It looks like, in large > part, contributors like the "fast and furious" speed of mailing lists and > the requirements for less computer resources, while users prefer the > organized nature of the forums. Mailing lists users are not that concerned > with the "bells and whistles" of forums. So, if there is a way to integrate > both, I don't think that you will really hear of any complaints from the > mailing list users, they will just keep working along as they did before. > > If we are to try to join the two groups it will help if we can bridge both > tools. That being said, there has been talk of some lists who may prefer > the forums as these provide tools for downloading files as well as the > other features you mention. > > Where we should see gains are in the user-help arena. Forums are easily > accessible to all, and, as Bjoern pointed out in a recent post on the > marketing list[1], this could be a very good entry point for users who > would like to move to more serious involvement in the project and > contribute. > > This will mean that we should plan on concerted efforts at promoting the > contributor side of LibreOffice on the forums as well as the promote the > all-important and much needed community building. > > I am curious, if we were to keep both mailing lists and forums, would this > tax our infrastructure negatively? Do we have enough hardware resources to > handle it? > > We should also expect that there will be a natural shake-up of both the > mailing lists and forums where some lists or forum categories will die a > natural death simply for the reason that the majority of users will prefer > one mode of communication over the other. > > Cheers, > > Marc > > [1] http://permalink.gmane.org/**gmane.comp.documentation.** > libreoffice.marketing/5933<http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentation.libreoffice.marketing/5933> > > > > > -- > Marc Paré > m...@marcpare.com > http://www.parEntreprise.com > parEntreprise.com Supports OpenDocument Formats (ODF) > parEntreprise.com Supports http://www.LibreOffice.org > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > website+help@global.**libreoffice.org<website%2bh...@global.libreoffice.org> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/**website/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to website+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
