A real Forum for D

Russel Winder russel at russel.org.uk
Sun Nov 27 13:05:54 PST 2011


On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 17:41 +0000, alex wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I just wondered why there still is this uncomfortable and obviously outdated newsgroup software in use.

What is outdated about with a mail list based system?

> Perhaps it'd be more contemporary to have a 'real' browser-based forum to which everyone can register and post D-related questions&answers.

Why is a browser-based system better -- as opposed to just being trendy?

> 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.

There will be warfare if this thread continues for mor that about 0.6
ms.

It seems every community has to have this mail vs forum debate every
three years or so, and it is completely futile.  There are people who
like and can use forums and there are people who abhor them because they
are anathema.  The onlt sane system is to have a synthesis of the two:
forum interface for those who like forums and a mail list for those who
only work with email based systems.  Any other choice is a
discrimination against personal choice of workflow.

I am in the mail list camp.  I will not use forums as it means stuff
does not appear in my email system.

Communities that choose non-email based forums loose a lot of high
quality input.  Systems that are purely email based fail to attract a
lot of high quality input.  Communities that use an integrated system
win since UI is personal choice.

So if you want to get any traction at all in this debate only propose an
integrated forum/email system any other choice leads to #fail.

-- 
Russel.
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