Re: The first dedicated PostgreSQL forum

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> wrote:

>
> As has been said previously, an unlinked forum (one which has no
> interaction with the mailing list) is destined to fail, as others have
> in the past. It's creates a fragmented community and poor support on
> such a forum would reflect badly on the PostgreSQL community.
>
> Mailing lists aren't "old school". They've just got a long history,
> and I think you'll find most open source projects probably have a
> mailing list (or several) associated with them. But the reason why a
> forum hasn't been rejected out of hand is that we recognise that there
> is a demographic which probably see a mailing list as a barrier, hence
> our discussion about integrating a bidirection sync between a forum
> and a mailing list. And the reason why we like that idea is that it
> ensures that people who would only join a forum benefit from the huge
> pool of knowledge and experience of users on the mailing list.
>
>
How about exposing our archives in the forum format (linear conversations,
like GMail), and allowing registered users to send emails using a web form
which automatically copies the mailing list. This would require real time
update of archives, which I think currently takes a few minutes for a
message to show up.

This way all of our conversation history would be available even in forum
format.

Regards,
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