<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 25, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Ted Kremenek via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I have no problem with the project moving to forums instead of the Mailman mailing lists we have now — if it is the right set of tradeoffs.</div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>I like and prefer the status quo, particularly for Swift Evolution.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>* The mailing lists are web searchable and provide a permanent public record. My personal mail archives formed from list traffic are even more searchable because all the data is on my computer. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>* Gmane was a painful lesson learned on why it's so important that the tools be completely owned and controlled from <a href="http://swift.org" class="">swift.org</a>. It's easy enough (although not perfect) to grab a link from <a href="http://lists.swift.org" class="">http://lists.swift.org</a> archives for sharing. At most you're searching through one week.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>* Topic discoverability is excellent. Each day, I need only scan the subject lines and know what's being discussed and how recently. I flag what interests me, archive the rest. When a subject that I previously archived as not interesting starts gathering momentum, I see its traffic increase. I can make a determination immediately about whether I want to continue reading.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>* There is little thread-drift and off-topic chatter. List members are extremely responsible when it comes to updating subject lines or starting new threads as needed. The mailing list discourages purely social banter.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>If anything, I have minor suggestions on how to improve announcements since they sometimes skip SE-Announce or have incorrect links, etc. If anyone wants my opinion on that, please contact me directly off-list.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>-- E</div><div><br class=""></div></body></html>