On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 7:48 AM Neil McGovern <neil@halon.org.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 07:22:53AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > Would you be willing to list out which points it is from the given > > "cons" category which you see as positives? > > > > I'd really rather not at this stage, as I'm already seemingly having to > spend time talking about how Discourse is set up, rather than what I was > trying to do. I don't want to end up in a big debate on where "requires > account" or "distributed moderation based on trust levels" sits. > > The point of this Discourse instance is to try and see if there is > interest in moving to it rather than smartlists for community > discussions. If there is sufficient interest, we can then find a group > of people who want to consider these tradeoffs and who are willing to > help with the way categories are organised, for example. > > If there is sufficient pushback, I'll delete the instance, move on with > my life, and conclude that no one in Debian can possibly try and > innovate or do new things unless it is either: > * 100% optional for people, or > * made completely compatable with the old way of doing things > > Apologies if the frustration is showing, but hopefully you can see where > this is coming from. Neil, Do we have to start by making it a mandatory switch? I don't feel consensus to move to discourse will be impossible in the long term but it's normal for human beings to resist change, especially during a time of otherwise great stress. How do you feel about making discourse.debian.org, and making it a fully supported tool, that's fully backed up, and available as an alternative for new lists? He can have another discussion later about migrating existing lists. Brian > Neil
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