Re: Anyone newly interested in Debian - you're welcome here
On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
>
> Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > I don't think removing email workflows (which implies removing mailing
> > lists) is wise.
> >
> > Debian can support new ways to participate, like Social Media and
> > Chat, for Gen-Z. However, I don't believe it is an either/or
> > proposition. Debian should support email, mailing lists and other
> > methods for everyone.
>
> The D language folks have a great system at
> https://forum.dlang.org
>
> The web interface is exactly the same as the mailing lists,
> which are exactly the same as the newsgroups, which also
> produces an ATOM/RSS feed and an IRC bot. Any access reads and,
> if possible, posts to the same streams of messages.
>
> And, yes, it's open source - AGPL 3.0.
>
> It does depend on having a working NNTP server behind the
> scenes, but the good news there is that the one they test
> against is INN, which is packaged in Debian.
At the risk of sounding argumentative... I would not say "exactly the
same [web interface vs mailing list]". See "Why use mailing lists?" at
<https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/q6A_anL1u-Y9iXe-vboiOYamsl0/>.
Jeff
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