[SAC] [OSGeo] #2306: forum software with GitHub login question (was: Forum service)

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#2306: forum software with GitHub login question
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 Reporter:  jive      |       Owner:  sac@…
     Type:  task      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:
Component:  SysAdmin  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:            |
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Changes (by jsanz):

 * type:  enhancement => task
 * summary:  Forum service => forum software with GitHub login question

Comment:

 Gnome migrated from mailman to discourse in part because it offers a mail
 interface for those that prefer to stay on there.

 From the [https://discourse.gnome.org/t/common-questions-re-mailman-to-
 discourse/11841 FAQ post]

 >> Is it possible to use Discourse over email?
 >
 >It definitely is, if anyone wants to use their mail client to interact
 with Discourse, they can. That’s exactly one of the features we looked
 into when we originally deployed Discourse back then...


 The main issue were this migration (still in progress, apparently) is
 [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/Initiatives/-/issues/18 here]

 Another example is OpenStreetMap, but in this case they migrated from an
 old forum to a new [https://community.openstreetmap.org/ discourse
 instance] and at least in the Spanish community, the mailing list is now
 just mirroring the new threads from the forum. Operations team ticket
 about the migration
 [https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues/604 here].

 Finally, speaking as someone that interacts with many of the Spanish
 micro-chapters ([https://geoinquietos.org geoinquietos.org]
 [https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Geoinquietos&redirect=no,
 geoinquietos at OSGeo wiki]), a shared forum would be a great tool to help
 coordinating and doing outreach of our activities.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2306#comment:17>
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