Proposal: digitalmars.D.tango newsgroup

[jcc7]

== Quote from Bruce Adams (tortoise_74 at yeah.who.co.uk)'s article
> BCS Wrote:
> > Reply to Bruce,
> >
> > > David Wilson Wrote:
> > >
> > >> In any case I'm happy as long as whatever you choose doesn't
> > >> involve a web interface. Mail/news only please. :D
> > >>
> > > Sorry what's wrong with the web interface? It may not be perfect
> > > but it is very convenient (posting from it now).
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Bruce.
> > >
> >
> > 1) your post (and most post from the web interface) break
> > threading
> > 2) with the NG you aren't forced to use that interface (with
> > forums you are)
> >
> > I don't so much care if there is a web interface, I just don't
> > want to use it.
> >
> I've noticed a problem with the threading of some posts (though not
> my own strangely) but nothing I could put my finger on. It sounds
> like a bug in the web interface.

Oskar Linde has identified some possible bugs in the Web-News web interface:
http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D&article_id=62059

> When a bug is found it should be  fixed rather than the feature
> being removed, don't you think?

I agree.


> Has it been logged?

Other that Oskar's postings in the D newsgroups, I don't know. From looking at the
web-news sourceforge page, I get the impression that it's not still in active
development (note the release dates below), but I'd love to be wrong.

>From http://web-news.sourceforge.net/:
* Release Web-News 1.6.3 (29-3-2006).
* Release Web-News 1.6.2 (3-10-2004).
* Release Web-News 1.6.0 (20-9-2004).
* Release Web-News 1.5.7 (14-8-2004).
* Release Web-News 1.5.6 (14-8-2004).
* Release Web-News 1.5.5 (12-8-2004).
* Release Web-News 1.5.4 (8-8-2004).

It is open source, though, so in theory we could fix it on our own (if we want to
wade through the PHP).