[swift-evolution] [Pitch] Move All Discussions To Github Issues

[Muse M]

All of your points have been discussed and some of us will prefer Discourse
to generate mailing format. I remember there is an option for "Mailing List
mode" in Discourse.

You can trace from this discussion and there were a long separate threads
few months back which you can trace manually.
https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170206/031657.html

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 8:40 PM, Mohamed Ebrahim Afifi via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> Thanks for your reply! I think that is very good news that the burden of
> the mailing list is so obvious for everyone!
>
> I think Github issues would be better though, the community is used to it
> and it makes more sense as it needs almost no configurations, no operation
> costs or maintenance. If the community decided to move to it we can move to
> it immediately, we don't need to wait. It is a natural next step since the
> proposals are maintained there and Swift itself is maintained there.
>
>
> Do you have a link to that discussion?
>
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Mohamed Afifi
>
> On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Adrian Zubarev <
> adrian.zubarev at devandartist.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> you’re a bit too late. A forum will come at some point (Discourse).
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Adrian Zubarev
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>> Am 1. Mai 2017 um 13:30:55, Mohamed Ebrahim Afifi via swift-evolution (
>> swift-evolution at swift.org) schrieb:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is actually not a proposal to improve Swift, it is actually a
>> proposal to improve the way we use it to improve Swift. :)
>>
>> It is extremely hard to monitor discussions going over e-mails.
>>
>>    1. I always get lost between e-mails especially if there are so many
>>    replies
>>    2. It is extremely hard to reach the original idea/first e-mail.
>>    3. New people (like me) usually get lost between e-mails and only
>>    focus on their own idea and don't care about other's ideas because for
>>    example, I don't know how to reply to an idea if I'm not subscribed to the
>>    mailing list. In other words, It’s not a system that encourages follow-up
>>    actions.
>>    4. You can not browse subjects and all replies in one place.
>>    5. You cannot follow a specific topic and ignore others.
>>
>> That was the problem!
>>
>> My suggestion is to move all discussions from this mailing list to GitHub
>> issues. For the following reasons.
>>
>>    1. Easier to browse all topics.
>>    2. You can see open topics and closed topics. So, if a topic is done
>>    we can close it.
>>    3. You can subscribe to a topic and follow all replies and reply.
>>    4. Markdown support. Currently, I see people create a markdown page
>>    on Github and send a link to it on the mailing list. But having the
>>    markdown inline in the topic is a great benefit. Also, replies can be in
>>    markdown as well.
>>    5. It's closer to Proposals (Since we already using Github for
>>    tracking proposals why don't we use it also to track pitching ideas).
>>    People like to have everything gathered together in one place and don't
>>    need to remember the Github repo and mailing list.
>>    6. Github has https://developer.github.com/v3/issues/
>>
>>
>> I think using Github issues instead of the mailing lists will increase
>> the engagement of the Swift community with proposals.
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Mohamed Afifi
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