14 Mar
2007
14 Mar
'07
12:44 p.m.
On Tuesday 13 March 2007 11:36 pm, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
Hi,
We're currently using mailing lists and IRC (and person2person chats) for
answering user questions. But:
- IRC has no history (yet; when's that bot coming online?)
- mailing lists are not that easy to browse and search.
Should we make a forum for users?
Pro
- One place where users can find information, organized by topics
- Users are used to posting on forums, and we might get a larger community
Con
- Soon it will get too crowded, and (some) developers won't have the time
to answer all the emails; we need a strong community, and advanced users
knowing the code, and for this we need documentation
As a developer, I'd stick to mailing lists.
As a user, I'd say forum.
What's your opinion?
personally I find email the best for discussions. I check it everyday, I
don't have to learn how to use yet another forum system, searching is easy (I
use kmail) and most mailing list keep archives.
Best regards,
Dave.
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