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Re: Testing Discourse for Debian



On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 07:59:59PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:

> For a little while, I've been keen to see how we can improve our
> communication methods, both to make it more accessible to newcomers and to
> take advantage of more featureful tooling than has been traditionally
> possible with email lists.
> 
> As such, I set up an instance of Discourse[0] at
> https://discourse.debian.net, and am now asking for a wider input on if
> this is something the project wishes to use and if I should spend my
> time pursuing.

The recent difficult discussion on SSO here on -project made me think of
a use case for which Discourse might be just the thing: Debian
Enhancement Proposals[0].

I get the impression that having proposals discussed/peer reviewed on
Discourse might be easier and more pleasant than on lists. For example,
it would give a way to express agreement with something more visible
than silence, it would give a way to get visible feedback other than
negative, and give some measure of perceived relevance to the various
contributions made to the discussion.

I'm not sure if I would be motivated right now, or ever, to have another
round of "peer review" like the one I just had, on a list. Discourse
seems like it might be a venue for peer review that wouldn't make me
feel like leaving the project after a couple of days of interaction.


Enrico

[0] https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep0/
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