Re: Debian is testing Discourse
On Mon 13 Apr 2020 at 19:13:11 +0100, Michael Howard wrote:
> On 13/04/2020 18:09, Brian wrote:
> > On Mon 13 Apr 2020 at 19:41:15 +0300, Reco wrote:
> >
> > > 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").
> > I understand the concern with Javascript. I have read what there is of
> > Discourse using Lynx. Am I missing out an anything?
> >
> Can you provide some of the links you used?
I merely used
lynx https://discourse.debian.net/t/welcome-to-discourse/7
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Brian.
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