[swift-evolution] [Swift4] Mailing list vs. Forum

[David Owens II]

And you go back to a single point of failure, requirement to host and maintain a server, or to pay them to host it for you.

Discourse is probably the best alternative, but it still has drawbacks as well.

-David


> On Aug 2, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Shawn Erickson via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> Exactly. If you utilize a forum solution like Discourse you often will also still be able to support folks that want to deal with email.
> 
> -Shawn
> 
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:17 AM Tim Vermeulen via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
> For what it’s worth: Discourse has a Mailing List mode, which will send you an email every time someone makes a new topic or replies to an existing topic (apart from the topics you muted). You can then reply to that email to post a reply in that topic, just like in a mailing list.
> 
> > On 8/2/16 13:15, Karl Wagner via swift-evolution wrote:
> > > There's no guarantee we would have to give it up entirely - many forum
> > > platforms have apps with caching for offline viewing.
> > >
> > > Besides, im not sure these discussions are always so important that you
> > > really need to download the entire list and save it all offline.
> > >
> > > Karl
> > >
> > > > On Aug 2, 2016 at 6:05 pm,<Rainer Brockerhoff via swift-evolution
> > > > <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>>>wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 8/2/16 12:21, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution wrote:
> > > > > It is an instructive example of why remaining with a mailing list, flaws and all, is probably the best answer for Swift Evolution.
> > > >
> > > > Whatever keeps a mailing list as bottom implementation gets my +1.
> > > > Forums and other browser-based things may be more convenient _if_ you're
> > > > in a place with 24/7 connectivity, which is not true for many.
> > > >
> > > > FWIW I'm using Thunderbird off the gmane group because threading doesn't
> > > > work well with other email clients.
> > A scenario I often have to follow, both at home and on trips, is
> > connect, download everything new, disconnect, read entire threads later
> > offline.
> >
> > --
> > Rainer Brockerhoff<rainer at brockerhoff.net <mailto:rainer at brockerhoff.net>>
> > Belo Horizonte, Brazil
> > "In the affairs of others even fools are wise
> > In their own business even sages err."
> > http://brockerhoff.net/blog/ <http://brockerhoff.net/blog/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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