[Mapserver-users] Other MapServer mailing lists

[Delfos, Jacob]

I admit I had to move my subscription to my work account, because my private
account would fill up too fast.

The idea has been suggested before to use a 'bulletin board', or internet
forum. This way there can be different categories. (would be great having
mapserver, chameleon, gdal, etc. on one site!) Having set one of these up
myself I know that the amount of work involved is quite minimal (there are
great open source solutions, such as 'YaBB'). I think major advantages would
be searching capabilities (preventing redundant posts), and access to
previous posts for new users. I would definitely support this approach.

Regards,

Jacob



-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Mitchell [mailto:tjmitchell at riverside.bc.ca] 
Sent: Thursday, 17 June 2004 7:07 AM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: [Mapserver-users] Other MapServer mailing lists


Some of us have been discussing/debating about how to improve the MapServer
community, specifically via the mailing lists.  The idea is that there might
be some benefit gained from creating a new list or two.

I am not sure how well all the questions get answered, especially
considering the volume of mail coming through these days.

- I've heard from more than a few people that they unsubscribe after their
question is answered because the traffic is so high.  Do you think new users
would benefit from a less threatening (lower volume!) newbie list?
- Would some specific technical areas benefit from having a list (i.e.
Mapscript)?
- Would an "announcement only" list be useful?

What do you others on the list think?

Tyler

p.s. for those of you who were overcome with guilt for never replying to 
my surveys, now's your chance to participate ;) ha!




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