Re: Jack-devel mailing list is shutting down

On 08.10.19 21:59, John Rigg wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 03:25:34PM +0200, Thomas Brand wrote:
>> I think mailing lists are underestimated by younger people. It has some  
>> benefits over online forum, irc etc.
>>
>> If moving jackaudio.org means to loose the mailing list, I'd not move  
>> jackauiod.org until this is solved. Removing the mailing list is  
>> actively destroying the remaining jack community.
> I agree. Mailing lists provide an easy way to archive plain text
> versions of posts on topics of interest. I have copies of jack-devel
> posts going back 15 years. They also provide an easy way of CC'ing
> others or sending OT replies straight to the recipient. In addition
> they save the trouble of checking a web interface every day, which
> is a real time saver.
>
> Having said all that, I think if the mailing list is taken over by
> someone there needs to be some moderation to weed out email which
> is not related to jack (or jack client) development. The signal to
> noise ratio on the list has declined seriously in the last year or
> so.
>
> John 

What about opening a project on Sourceforge and then only use the
mailing list capabilities?

Just my two cents.

Till