[Qgis-psc] Status on migrate our mailing lists to Discourse ?

[Denis Rouzaud]

That'd be also a big +1 from me to go in a more modern and welcoming way
It seems the path should not be too complex:
https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/qgis/11

Cheers,
Denis

Le jeu. 12 mars 2026 à 17:38, Jean Felder via QGIS-PSC <
qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :

> Hi everyone,
>
> Thanks Valentin for raising this discussion.
>
> I also think migrating to Discourse is a good idea.
>
> I had the chance to experience the migration of the GNOME project from a
> mailing list to discourse, and it was a complete success. In particular:
> - It allowed many people who found subscribing to a mailing list too
> complicated to join the discussion (please, don’t try to rationalize this.
> Yes, for some people, especially newcomers, subscribing to a mailing list
> really is difficult)
> - It created new discussions between project developers and users. By
> users, I mean people who have lots of ideas or feedback for the project but
> would never have created a GitHub account
>
> For more information, here’s some feedback from the GNOME project:
>
> -
> https://discourse.gnome.org/t/common-questions-re-mailman-to-discourse/11841
> - https://discourse.gnome.org/t/sub-categories/11733/6?u=trim
>
>
> I also want to point out that it’s totally possible to use Discourse
> directly from an email client. That’s one of Discourse’s strengths.
> See for example:
> - https://discourse.gnome.org/t/interacting-with-discourse-via-email/46
> - https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-do-i-use-discourse-via-email/15279
>
>
> Cheers,
> Jean
>
>
>
> Le 09/03/2026 à 21:17, Valentin Buira via QGIS-PSC a écrit :
>
> Hi PSC,
>
> As per my email subject, I would like to know more about the status of the
> migrating mailing list to OSGeo discourse, as it was announced almost two
> years ago on this mailing list [1]
>
> mailman is a venerable piece of software that has served us well for the
> past 10 years, but the quality of life improvements everywhere else has
> made mailman pale in comparison of what a 2026 collaborative platform could
> be. I think it's a good time to study the possibility of migrating to
> discourse again.
>
> In random order a list of defavor argument for mailman and favor argument
> for discourse:
>
> * Answering to an email is super tedious, I don't have a mail client
> installed on my computer and I found two workaround this:
>    -  use the developer tools of my browser to find the right reply-to
> email.
>    -  Or write the email first, then browse from my phone the web
> interface for the right mail to answer to and finally click on it as my
> gmail app acts as a mail client.
> * No search function out of the box we have to rely on external service
> like : mail-archive.com it's fine if you have been in the project for 10
> years but if you join recently there is a loss of informations.
> * Sometimes I want to answer a really old topic, but I don't because I
> don't want to pollute everybody else mailbox. Discourse handles long-tail
> discussions more cleanly via threading
> * This one is a bit subjective BUT to me the current web interface looks
> like a scam website
> * Emojis support in discourse (I think they light up the mood sometimes )
> * Blender, Gnome, Mozilla, pg-routing have all adopted it, and have not
> looked back.
> * Mobile support in discourse
>
> Last time the discussion came up, I feel like the arguments were really
> one sided, that's why I would like to open up the discussion again.
>
> I understand the concerns about the migration, and if we don't want to
> dive in right away maybe we could have an experiment period of 6 months?
> Keep both side by side, give it a try, and I am convinced the concerns will
> fade quickly.
>
> Cheers,
> Valentin
>
> [1]
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2024-April/066662.html
>
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