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From: Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Switching Gentoo over to Discourse?
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:27:53
Message-Id: QXQP5KWF.D64N43VA.ZVIPWHQB@VRGEFOBL.YLO6HI6R.XJCQFJDY
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Switching Gentoo over to Discourse? by "Michał Górny"
1 On 2022.07.26 18:35, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Tue, 2022-07-26 at 22:34 +0500, Ann wrote:
3 > > On 2022-07-26 00:52, Conrad Kostecki wrote:
4 > > > Hi!
5 > > >
6 > > > Am 25.07.2022 um 08:38 schrieb Michał Górny:
7 > > > > Hi,
8 > > > >
9 > > > > Discourse [1] is what all cool kids these days use. LLVM has
10 > switched
11 > > > > to it some time ago, Python is doing so now after "successful
12 > > > > experiment". Unlike of the ancient stuff Gentoo is using right
13 > now,
14 > > > > it's maintained and has thriving and helpful community. How
15 > about we
16 > > > > start our own experiment on using it?
17 > > >
18 > > > I personal absolutely do not like Discourse. It has an extremely
19 > poor
20 > > > user experience for me.
21 > > >
22 > > > But I guess, I am just an old men, who prefers good old forum
23 > software.
24 > >
25 > > Here's the list of things people use to run online forums (from
26 > oldest
27 > > to newest):
28 > >
29 > > 1. Usenet and Fido
30 > > 2. Mailing lists
31 > > 3. Classic web forums
32 > > 4. "Applications"
33 > >
34 >
35 > 5. AI that handles all the posting and reading.
36 >
37 > --
38 > Best regards,
39 > Michał Górny
40 >
41 >
42 >
43
44 0. Bulletin Board Systems in general.
45 Fidonet was later.
46
47 Ah, the days of the 1200/75 modem. IBM messed up the design of
48 the PC, so that split baud rates on the same port were not possible.
49
50 --
51 Regards,
52
53 Roy Bamford
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