[swift-evolution] Plan to move swift-evolution and swift-users mailing lists to Discourse

[Muse M]

I don't see any discussions to have Swift Server Side shift to Discourse
forum too?

On Thursday, February 9, 2017, James Hillhouse via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> I'll echo Nick and Joshua–thanks Swift Core team for taking the time to
> decide on this change.
>
> Jim
>
>
> > On Feb 8, 2017, at 9:37 PM, Rick Mann via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > I second this praise. FWIW, I recently installed Discourse using a
> DigitalOcean droplet, and it couldn't have been easier. Upgrades are
> surprisingly easy, too.
> >
> > I have yet to figure out the email integration; I hope you can get that
> working.
> >
> > I also hope you give some effort to improving on the default Discourse
> look. It's not bad, but I feel like it doesn't do a good job of delineating
> functional areas on the page. Having said that, I'm more than happy to wait
> indefinitely for such an improvement; it's not worth holding up the
> roll-out.
> >
> > Thanks again!
> >
> >> On Feb 8, 2017, at 19:34 , Joshua Alvarado via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎊
> >> This is an awesome decision and a huge enhancement for the Swift
> community. Thanks (Core Team) for taking the time to entertain the
> discussion and move forward with what many community members have wanted.
> >>
> >> Alvarado, Joshua
> >>
> >>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 5:03 PM, Ted kremenek via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>>
> >>> There was a long thread on swift-evolution about whether we should use
> modern forum software — like Discourse — as an alternative to the mailing
> lists we have now.  After a long discussion, the Core Team has decided to
> move swift-evolution and swift-users to Discourse.
> >>>
> >>> There are tradeoffs to moving to a forum.  The main advantages are:
> >>>
> >>> - Easy for people to participate without subscribing to the entire
> mailing list, as well as no need to provide email address to participate.
> A lot of people have voiced concern that they feel resistance to
> participate because of needing to subscribe to a mailing list.
> >>>
> >>> - Consistent affordances and rendering of content, including Markdown
> support.  This is really useful for having technical discussions.
> >>>
> >>> - Better searching of topics, archiving, etc.
> >>>
> >>> - More tools for moderation.
> >>>
> >>> - Topic cross-referencing, and consistent organization of topics
> instead of whatever threading support a mail client provides (which is
> inconsistent).
> >>>
> >>> I also want to consider moving the -dev lists to the same forum setup
> as well; but that will be a separate conversation on those lists.
> >>>
> >>> A rollout plan has not been figured out.  People are busy and there
> are logistics to figure out.  I will be engaging a handful of members from
> the community to help with the transition.  Specifically, there are those
> who really value using email for participation on swift-evolution and
> swift-users, and the goal is to get the forum setup to allow those people
> to continue to feel effective when using email for discussions on these
> "lists".
> >>>
> >>> More details will be announced as they get figured out, but I felt it
> was important to let the community know about this direction.
> >>>
> >>> Ted
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
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