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

[Dave Abrahams]

on Tue Mar 15 2016, Joe Groff <jgroff-AT-apple.com> wrote:

>> 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 

http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.swift-evolution

> or state syncing. 

Yeah, that's doable.  You have an iCloud drive account.

> Or with avoiding RSI.

Sure it would; there are menus in Emacs, and one can set up
less-strenuous bindings.

-- 
-Dave