A real Forum for D

[Norbert Nemec]

Actually, I find a newsgroup far superior to a mailing list for this 
purpose. Reading and Archiving integrated in the same system and 
accessible with the same client. Far less total traffic, since only 
those contributions need to be transmitted that are actually read.

It is a pity that newsgroups are used so rarely!




On 27.11.2011 18:41, alex wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I just wondered why there still is this uncomfortable and obviously outdated newsgroup software in use.
>
> Perhaps it'd be more contemporary to have a 'real' browser-based forum to which everyone can register and post D-related questions&answers.
>
> So, my recommendation would be to establish a forum based on phpBB or a similar framework software (btw, it's free and open source, so don't worry about possible
> costs!) at forum.d-programming-language.org
>
>
> To give D a further community 'push', I and a friend of mine really would like to set up all required things if wanted.
>
> The reason I'm asking the newsgroup directly is to have the forum that can be reachedunder the official D internet URL, so that it won't be a 'third-party' driven one
> or something like that.
>
>
> Even if this idea should be a bit too 'large', please do fix the http interface for the D main newsgroup thread - it's not working for me and only gives back a
> connection timeout.