<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Google Groups are still a thing. Seems like it might be a good middle ground between a modern forum and a mailing list. </div> <div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div id="signature"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:15px; line-height:21.299999237060547px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">-- </span><br style="line-height:21.299999237060547px; color:rgb(68,68,68); font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <div style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-family:Raleway,sans,sans-serif; font-size:16px; line-height:22.7199993133545px"> <strong>Dustin Falgout</strong></div> <div style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-family:Raleway,sans,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:19.8799991607666px"> Web Developer</div> <br> <div style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-family:Raleway,sans,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:19.8799991607666px"> E-mail: <a href="mailto:dustin@falgout.us" style="font-weight:inherit; color:rgb(0,104,207)">dustin@falgout.us</a></div> <div style="color:rgb(68,68,68); font-family:Raleway,sans,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:19.8799991607666px"> <br> </div> </div> </div> <div id="appendonsend"></div> <hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex="-1"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> LightDM <lightdm-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org> on behalf of Robert Ancell <robert.ancell@gmail.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 18, 2019 10:03 AM<br> <b>To:</b> LightDM Mailing List<br> <b>Subject:</b> [LightDM] Moving mailing list from freedesktop.org infrastructure</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <div>Since LightDM has never hosted code on <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffreedesktop.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3c94c420502c4471188408d695bab603%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636861026475978450&sdata=20yxpMfiC%2Bb%2F0pFaXQD5rwPCHUCF9lz1P8EvLzmLvuY%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://freedesktop.org" shash="lls3odIvEcswo8fNgS7rDU5/jsiZGXP/NGeYqOTTkj9Sb0KO5kg8JhGP9zQUONGbKv0fUFj4DPnPX1iTjR6ry0cKEZ5tw3uDi0c2J7Z/+25mRTq6IUm616SPht12LAkShinVx7P9ekx8qoSjhGgiMKJQailVtMSy9wYB7fwj8ZQ="> freedesktop.org</a> we've been asked to move our information from there [1]. This was just the Wiki content (now in the README.md) and this mailing list.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>So we need a new home :)</div> <div><br> </div> <div>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.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>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.<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>What do people think?</div> <div><br> </div> <div>--Robert<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>[1] <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FCanonicalLtd%2Flightdm%2Fissues%2F60&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3c94c420502c4471188408d695bab603%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636861026475988461&sdata=8CPd04aFrON8%2FrDqI8esT7o%2BOV1PHqXTszlg7YOqDS0%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/lightdm/issues/60" shash="KUSTMuRasWveEo+n4IpsSVpvaiCEcYkEXdq8sSgjXP4ur3vvZxlQUyetUy/5eyyGPet5Kqgm5TOpR4O4MyaxjdLOfDhc4hCdpkYqeYI9KbfTm4xReo9osUhV2GO4zirg1AaBPgxECbNKpnGrgPWY8zBLLzOvRaQ648NtlBJtgDU="> https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/lightdm/issues/60</a></div> <div>[2] <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscourse.ubuntu.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3c94c420502c4471188408d695bab603%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636861026475998466&sdata=DCYV4oIC67YHctqeJHdPJ%2Br%2FsHqKPR3rioSK43p6Mg4%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/" shash="wpCs0ZM1n1oGSBigzsndKwaJKwB/71WVebwCaVp7iT+4Ph6WGJTOnisUoDyj9QDCce7KSklr5CF+8Fg04Ecx+iOLEkBkccoZpj6dXYy0pp74bdJrp3NUdAPct+J2vLVpVxJg6J4T0ZegzrJY4Aq5TrV/N7KfGLP1TmDzrnMeqGc="> https://discourse.ubuntu.com/</a></div> <div><br> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>