Hi.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 07:32:56AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
I doubt that Russ reads this list and may not be aware of the
experiences of us that have dealt with a project that wholesale replaced
working mailing lists with Discourse. Russ should be made aware that
Discourse is not some magic software that does not require any learning.
That's I agree with.
On the contrary, it is different and requires a modern Web browser (how
does the non-GUI user participate since it is noted that an email user
is a distant second-class user?) but as he notes it is a centralized
database that facilitates an amount of control that is lacking with
email lists. I think that the key to the discussion is that some people
seek greater control over discussions.
Moreover, it brings two interesting aspects of the problem:
1) By its design the Discourse relies on Javascript executing in user's
browser. While Discourse itself may be the free software, such usage of
Discourse violates Software Freedom 1 ("change it so it does your
computing as you wish").