[Qgis-developer] forum.qgis.org

[Alister Hood]

Hi,

> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:16:03 +0100
> From: Carson J Q Farmer <carson.farmer at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] forum.qgis.org
> To: Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at>
> Cc: qgis-developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>
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> I think we have to be careful here, there are a lot of users out there
who
> don't use mailing lists as a general rule. Mailing lists tend to be a
bit more
> of a 'commitment' than forums, and I think we'd be alienating a lot of
users if
> we drop the forums completely... Is there anyway to set it up so that
forum
> questions are routed to the mailing list, while still appearing to be
within
> the forums for those that prefer this? A new forum structure would
probably be
> fine/nice, but mailing lists tend to be quite 'developer-centric'... I
prefer
> mailing lists myself... But many of my students are 'afraid' or weary
of
> them...
> 
> On the other hand, the mailing list format works well for the R
project...
> 
> Just some thoughts to throw around before we completely abandon the
forums...
> And possibly some users...
> 
> Carson

Rather than routing forum posts to the existing mailing list, how about
sending them to a new read-only mailing list?

Alister