[swift-evolution] Mailman?

[James Campbell]

I love to know whats going on but the mailing list is getting over
whelming. Even moving to discussing things via an Issue Tracker would be
better for me :)

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Jeremy Pereira via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> +1 for mailing lists.
>
> a) they work offline
> b) the mails are right there in my inbox in the morning, no new workflow
> is needed
> c) Apple mail automatically groups the mail by thread so that problem is a
> non issue for me.
>
> > On 11 Dec 2015, at 01:41, Riley Testut via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> >
> > +1 for preferring alternatives to mailing lists. Threads are much harder
> to follow when through email, and honestly email is one of my least used
> forms of communication; I feel like the medium has an inherit "formality"
> that can hinder the rapid progression of ideas.
> >
> > Case in point, email signatures. They seem like extra fluff and
> professionalism not needed for something like this. An online forum has
> accounts where you can get the same information without it polluting the
> public discussion.
> >
> > I'm biased though, I really just dislike email :-)
> >
> > On Dec 10, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Greg Parker via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>> On Dec 10, 2015, at 3:40 PM, Jacob Bandes-Storch via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Can you describe what you like about mailing lists? To me, the lack of
> proper formatting, lack of control over links, and duplication of content
> are minuses. IMO, online forums like Discourse do a much better job of
> keeping topics organized and accessible (plus, you can choose to have
> notifications sent via email if that's your preferred medium). You can see
> an example installation at https://meta.discourse.org/
> >>
> >> Advantage: I use my mail client regularly. I don't visit other web
> forums regularly.
> >>
> >> Email notification can sometimes repair part of the problem, but it
> doesn't always work. My own StackOverflow participation dropped to zero
> because they changed their email notification system for the worse.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Greg Parker     gparker at apple.com     Runtime Wrangler
> >>
> >>
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