Re: [xwiki-users] Do we need a forum?

Both! Time ago I've had the same doubt with a group I have worked with. Sorry, I don't longer manage this group and it seems to me that their forums are dead. The solution that time was a free access license of JiveForum. I think this kind of license doesn't exist any more for JiveForum from JiveSoftware (http://www.jivesoftware.com/), but taking into account that this was some years ago, now you will find nice software with the same or even better features within ObjectWeb founding members!!! And I am sure that if you contact JiveSoftware you could reach some kind of agreement to use an updated release. I withdrew of using this software because the free edition doesn't allow me to manage the forum users database by connecting the software to my LDAP server. By using this software, it was a bit tricky to follow a thread if the title of a message is modified in a reply, but I think the behaviour is acceptable. I think I could create a example in one of my servers at http://xen.net:8090/forum/ or even move it to a more reliable server hosted in the Supercomputing Center of Galicia, Spain. Just my 2 cents! Ricardo -- Ricardo Rodríguez Your XEN ICT Team 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? -- http://purl.org/net/sergiu