Re: debian forum
On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 14:46 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> > I would be willing to setup a Debian Forum for the users of this mailing
> > list on my web servers. Would there be much interest out there for this?
> > If so, with some suggestions we can go ahead with this at some pace and
> > have it up and running in a day or so.
>
> Hi Julian. I think it could be useful as a supplementary to the mailing
> list. I don't think just another forum, like forums.debian.net, or
> debianhelp.org, would serve any purpose, though.
Right.
> But, if the forum could be combined with the mailing list somehow, that
> would be useful. Similar to the archives
> (http://lists.debian.org/users.html), but with expanded functionality.
> For instance, I found your post at
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/09/msg01852.html, yet, when I
> hit the "Reply to: debian-user@lists.debian.org", my email client
> (Thunderbird) pops up, with the subject being "Re: Re: debian forum",
> without any of the posting that I'm responded to being included. I'm
> better off sticking with the mailing list using my email client.
>
> If a forum could include postings from those using the mailing list,
> and, postings within the forum could go to the mailing list as well,
> that would be great. For instance, I reply to a post to the mailing
> list within the forum, and it generates an email to the mailing list as
> well. And, those using email and not the forum to access the Debian
> Mailing List also have their postings appear in the forum, would keep
> the users high.
...
This is a good idea. People could participate through either email or
by forum, and still include all the other list/forum users. This would
make both the mailing list and forum more effective, as more users are
available to help.
Perhaps the tricky part would be making the forum/list effective as both
a forum and a list.
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