From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 22:37:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B751065670 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:37:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAFBB8FC18 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:37:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from phenom.cordula.ws (phenom [192.168.254.60]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F21D236088; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:34:06 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:38:53 +0100 From: cpghost To: Steven Susbauer Message-ID: <20081117223853.GL1811@phenom.cordula.ws> References: <20081116160428.GD79046@valentine.liquidneon.com> <20081117222125.GK1811@phenom.cordula.ws> <4921EEFB.5090005@hotmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4921EEFB.5090005@hotmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Official FreeBSD Forums X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:37:20 -0000 On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 04:23:55PM -0600, Steven Susbauer wrote: > cpghost wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 09:04:28AM -0700, Brad Davis wrote: > >> You can register and start using our new service here: > >> > >> http://forums.FreeBSD.org > > > > How about setting up a bidirectional Forum <-> Mailing List bridge? > > Perhaps to freebsd-questions@ or (not as good) to a special new list, > > say, freebsd-forums@? > > > > Ideally, freebsd-questions@ could be bidirectionally mirrored > > to the forums, so we won't lose all those helpful people from > > freebsd-questions@ to the forums! > > > > Another advantage is that each of us subscribers could still > > automatically get a copy of posts, so we can archive them locally, > > as we do now with the mailing lists. > > > > Please give it a thought. > > > > Thanks, > > -cpghost. > > I think this would likely cause a riot, at least with freebsd-questions. > I think it is a better idea to leave them separate. A few things like > resolving categories alone could end up being a problem. Do you not > allow people to start new threads? If you do, where do they end up on > the forum? > Steve Hmmm... yes, on second thought not such a bright idea. But perhaps a bridge to an archiving-only mailing list (freebsd-forums@) similar to freebsd-cvs@ for forum posts could be set up anyway? IMHO there should be a way to archive forum posts in some way, and make them available in near real-time to users whose workflow is much more geared towards mailing lists. One might miss an interesting forum thread, because not everyone looks regularly there, but missing a catchy subject line in an MUA from the forums may be more difficult. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/