[LightDM] Moving mailing list from freedesktop.org infrastructure

Dave Pawson dave.pawson at gmail.com
Tue Feb 19 13:24:47 UTC 2019


Agree any Ubuntu forum would put off those using other distro's.
I'm happy with an email feed, or a neutral forum.

Dave

On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 at 11:17, Lupe Christoph <lupe+lightdm at posteo.de> wrote:
>
> Am 2/18/19 um 5:03 PM schrieb Robert Ancell:
>
> > The easiest option I think is to move to using a Discourse forum, and
> > the Ubuntu one [2] is an easy candidate for that. I would probably
> > prefer a more neutral place as LightDM is not Ubuntu specific, but this
> > is probably overthinking it.
>
> > My experiences have shown that a modern forum works much better than a
> > traditional mailing list while supporting those who want to interact
> > with it via email. The content is more searchable for those with similar
> > issues to find.
>
> > What do people think?
>
> I'm forced to use fora in some groups I'm a member of, but only because
> they don't have a mailing list. If both exist, I ignore the forum.
>
> And please, when you select a forum hoster, check that they support an
> RSS or Atom feed. That integrates much better into my routine that the
> need to check a forum every $TIMEPERIOD.
>
> Thank you for all the work you have put into LightDM!
> Lupe Chhristoph
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