[swift-evolution] [META] Re: Mailman?

[Joe Groff]

> On Mar 15, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> on Tue Mar 15 2016, Joe Groff <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
>>> On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:27 AM, Adrian Kashivskyy <adrian.kashivskyy at me.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Joe, what are the Core Team's requirements for a possible forum software to start a discussion?
>>> 
>>> The issues you expressed may be solved by not giving moderation
>>> access to community members on such a forum, much like in Mailman.
>> 
>> I can't speak for the whole core team, but my preferences would be for
>> something that supports offline access well, like a mailing list, can
>> sync read and replied state across clients, like IMAP, but still
>> provides low-barrier web access and easy permalinking, like a web
>> forum.
> 
> It's not everybody's cup of tea, but I can hook you up with
> Emacs/Gnus...

That wouldn't really help with the web accessibility or state syncing. Or with avoiding RSI.

-Joe