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On 2022.07.25 07:38, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> Discourse [1] is what all cool kids these days use. LLVM has switched |
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> to it some time ago, Python is doing so now after "successful |
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> experiment". Unlike of the ancient stuff Gentoo is using right now, |
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> it's maintained and has thriving and helpful community. How about we |
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> start our own experiment on using it? |
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> To cite one concise praise of it from Python ml: |
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> > For authors of PEPs and discussion topics, Discourse provides better |
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> > authoring experience, allowing for typo fixes and small edits. |
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> > For moderators, Discourse also provides the toolings to make their |
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> > jobs easier, which is definitely lacking in mailing list. |
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> > For the readers, we get the choice of receiving emails via mailing |
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> > list mode, or via rss, or by actually going to the site. [2] |
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> While I'm not a big fan of these newfangled things, the last argument |
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> is |
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> quite appealing to me. I mean, I suppose the choice of different |
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> interfaces would increase the participation in discussions and reduce |
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> the split between Forums and mailing lists. |
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> And after all, our Forums are running on a release from Feb 2008 |
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> (sic!). |
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> Even with all the patching, I'm pretty sure the only reason this swiss |
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> cheese hasn't destroyed the underlying server yet is that nobody cares |
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> enough to exploit it. Apparently, Discourse has some importer from |
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> phpBB3, so we'd probably have to do phpBB2 → phpBB3 conversion first. |
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> Yes, I'm talking about replacing Forums, not mailing lists. |
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> [1] https://github.com/discourse/discourse |
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> [2] |
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> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@××××××.org/message/RFH25FOFAVYN6WB7RYW3APCVCLAVDHK5/ |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Michał Górny |
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My understanding is that the php3BB upgrade is only waiting for -infa |
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time. |
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The forums allow for allow for typo fixes and large edits, not only |
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small ones, so that's not a selling point. |
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What does discourse do for accessibility? |
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I'm not against running a discourse vs php3BB trial, that means we |
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have to do the upgrade first though. |
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Personally, I'm not looking forward to either because it is fruitless to |
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indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative manoeuvrers and |
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I'm one of those. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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elections |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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arm64 |
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