Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-02 Thread Ben Hodgetts (Enverex)
That's not really that much of an issue as only the ML is official so devs and such don't have to go trapsing after people, they have to come here. Ex. Tomas Carnecky wrote: > Scott Ritchie wrote: >> On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 20:57 +0100, Tomas Carnecky wrote: >>> Luis C. Busquets Pérez wrote: I

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-02 Thread Scott Ritchie
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 12:55 +0100, Tomas Carnecky wrote: > Scott Ritchie wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 20:57 +0100, Tomas Carnecky wrote: > >> Luis C. Busquets Pérez wrote: > >>> I understand that for some people the mailing list is a far better > >>> thing. May be for some other, a forum is be

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-02 Thread Tomas Carnecky
Scott Ritchie wrote: On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 20:57 +0100, Tomas Carnecky wrote: Luis C. Busquets Pérez wrote: I understand that for some people the mailing list is a far better thing. May be for some other, a forum is better. Why not trying both systems? This question has already been answered

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-02 Thread Scott Ritchie
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 20:57 +0100, Tomas Carnecky wrote: > Luis C. Busquets Pérez wrote: > > I understand that for some people the mailing list is a far better > > thing. May be for some other, a forum is better. > > > > Why not trying both systems? > > > > This question has already been answer

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Matt Finnicum
But there's one thing with forums that IMVHO mailing-lists can't do. TBMS forums build better comunities than mailing-lists. Mailing lists are just concentrated on the topics, disallowing any OT. With a forum you can easily moderate a "on-topic only" subforum, allowing people to exchange opinions

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 01.03.2007 23:25, Alexandre Julliard wrote: > Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Now imagine a breakin on a site hosted on winehq. The consequences >> would be far worse than for the average toy project. Wine depends on >> people trusting us that the code is legally clean (

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Alexandre Julliard
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now imagine a breakin on a site hosted on winehq. The consequences > would be far worse than for the average toy project. Wine depends on > people trusting us that the code is legally clean (especially due to > various FUD campaigns claiming oth

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Wojciech 'arab' Arabczyk
Hello > Have you ever logged onto the IRC channels? Their seems to be a > healthy community built up around them. Have You ever been on a chann witch 1000+ users? Believe me, that's not a healthy community - it's noize: -- user x joined -- user y parted (loop indefinetly) But i've been on

re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Dan Kegel
Wojciech wrote: But there's one thing with forums that IMVHO mailing-lists can't do. TBMS forums build better comunities than mailing-lists. Mailing lists are just concentrated on the topics, disallowing any OT. Good. Let's keep it that way. I think we have a great community as it is. If yo

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Wojciech 'arab' Arabczyk
Hello (flamines: +10) > Most people who use webforums are too stupid or lazy to set up or use an > SMTP/IMAP/NNTP client. Can't argue 'bout that. After all i'm just a stupid forum user. But there's one thing with forums that IMVHO mailing-lists can't do. TBMS forums build better comunities th

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Felix Nawothnig
(Score:-1, Flaimbait) Wojciech 'arab' Arabczyk wrote: Well - one could setup a forum<->mailing list gateway. Not easily doable due to the nature of SMTP. Also a forum would be completly useless for anything but wine-users... But let's be honest here: Most people who use webforums are too s

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Wojciech 'arab' Arabczyk
Hello > This question has already been answered.. anyway: if you have both a ML > and a forum, you effectively split the community into two parts! (...) Well - one could setup a forum<->mailing list gateway. -- Best regards Wojciech Arabczyk

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Tomas Carnecky
Luis C. Busquets Pérez wrote: I understand that for some people the mailing list is a far better thing. May be for some other, a forum is better. Why not trying both systems? This question has already been answered.. anyway: if you have both a ML and a forum, you effectively split the commu

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 01.03.2007 20:09, Luis C. Busquets Pérez wrote: > Why not having both? Running a forum does not exclude continuing with > the mailing lists and could add users and developpers who find more easy > coordinate through a forum. > > Configuring phpBB (www.phpbb.com) does not take more than 1 hour .

Re: Re: Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Luis C. Busquets Pérez
Date: 2007/03/01 Thu AM 11:20:18 EST > To: wine-devel@winehq.org > Subject: Re: Forum proposal > > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 05:15:03PM +0100, Luis Carlos Busquets Pérez wrote: > > Instead of having the mailing lists, I think that a "forum" would increase > > and

Re: Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread John Smith
ter as necessary and get what I need without having to sign on and wade through a bunch of posts. If people really want forums setup a forum and let those who want it use it. > > From: Jonathan Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/01 Thu AM 11:20:18 EST > To: wine-devel@winehq

Re: Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread brettholcomb
e who want it use it. > > From: Jonathan Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/01 Thu AM 11:20:18 EST > To: wine-devel@winehq.org > Subject: Re: Forum proposal > > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 05:15:03PM +0100, Luis Carlos Busquets Pérez wrote: > > Instead of ha

Re: Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Jonathan Allen
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 05:15:03PM +0100, Luis Carlos Busquets Pérez wrote: > Instead of having the mailing lists, I think that a "forum" would increase > and facilitate the group working. I could agree less. IMHO a mailing list works well by making sure that everyone gets everything, without the

Forum proposal

2007-03-01 Thread Luis Carlos Busquets Pérez
Dear all, Instead of having the mailing lists, I think that a "forum" would increase and facilitate the group working. I wonder if you share my view and who is in charge of the web serving so that trying to set up the forum. Luis C. Busquets Pérez T. +34 93 796 05 81 M. +32 473 353 128 M. +34 6