Re: discourse forum test

I don't think it would be desirable to replace the mailing list with
discourse. Discourse can be used to host mailing lists (as an alternative
to the current majordomo(?) hosting), which would mean you could still
receive mailing list style messages, but ALSO have a web front end for
interaction, viewing the archives (and things like more granular
muting/subscribing to discussion channels etc), login management.

If you turn on "mailing list mode" in the user settings on Discourse, it'll
start sending you list-style messages for each new post (I muted the
mailing list mirrors so I don't get doubles of these). You can reply
directly to these emails and it'll show up as a forum post under your
username. I've got a unique addresses for the dev and user categories on
discourse (sc-test-users-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected], sc-test-dev-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected]) - I'm
going to try to CC this email to one of those to see if it explodes :)

- S

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:57 AM <julian.rohrhuber-QYZGCWsIODmAF8UT6DzBU6xOck334EZe@public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> It’s definitely an excellent archive. I still prefer to be able to read
> stuff offline, and I suppose that isn’t easy with discourse, ist it?
>
> > On 21.02.2018, at 00:36, scott-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected] wrote:
> >
> > The result of linking the mailing list to the discourse list is nice -
> long threads are picked up well, and navigation and usage is pretty snappy.
> For example:
> >
> >
> http://165.227.5.128/t/sc-users-tracking-synth-nodes-handling-polyphony-take-2/47/8
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:51 AM Scott Carver <scott-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Slow meaning the web interface? Or slow meaning the backend?
> >
> > As a point of comparison, the lines forum (https://llllllll.co) is in
> our ballpark in terms of scale (10k messages - I count ~5k for the last 5
> years of sc-users, so maybe 3x that for our entire history. they have 1k
> active users, probably more than us). They sometimes struggle with storage
> issues, but the site is snappy.
> >
> > I discovered it's possible to use github/google/facebook/etc to
> authenticate, so people can post without doing the majordomo dance and
> without flooding their inbox. Enabled GitHub and Google  - GH works great
> (Google doesn't like authing to an ip address).
> >
> > Incidentally, the sc-dev/sc-users mailing list authorization links sent
> in emails are currently non-functional - the only way to confirm is via a
> manual reply? I forget who manages the list these days?
> >
> > - S
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 5:05 AM <julian.rohrhuber-QYZGCWsIODmAF8UT6DzBU6xOck334EZe@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > We’ve been using discourse for a year now in the university. It is
> really good for handling forum like things. But it is really slow, it is
> much more fun to write an email than an entry in discourse.
> >
> > The mirroring idea is nice.
> >
> >
> > > On 16.02.2018, at 08:52, scott-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected] wrote:
> > >
> > > I've been messing around a little with discourse (the open source
> forum / mailing list backend). Specifically, I've been wondering if it
> could provide a replacement + upgrade for the mailing lists and nabble
> workflows as they are now. I'm not really *proposing* a replacement, as
> much as simply experimenting with that might look like. Feel free to mess
> around / create an account / etc. Don't post anything important, since I
> may take this down.
> > >
> > > The address is:
> > > http://165.227.5.128/
> > >
> > > A couple notes and thoughts:
> > >
> > > - In your user Preferences -> Emails, you can enable mailing list mode
> to make the entire forum behave like a traditional email list (you can
> reply to posts by email, and create threads by sending to
> sc-test-dev-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected] or sc-test-users-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected]).
> > >
> > > - I think I've got both mailing lists mirroring as categories on the
> forum. They're non-interactive (you can't reply), but I'm curious how the
> mirroring turns out.
> > >
> > > - The functionality around categories, user groups, notification and
> muting seems very awesome, and could be a big benefit for the kinds of
> sprawling discussions on sc-users/sc-dev
> > >
> > > - Code highlighting appears to work fine. I don't think it recognizes
> sclang specifically, but it does an okay job nonetheless.
> > >
> > > - Categories for "users" and "developers" (or embedded users, tidal
> users, etc etc) are more permeable than with two separate mailing lists.
> Threads can be moved if another category is more appropriate, and searches
> can easily cover both/all.
> > >
> > > - You can create wiki-editable posts? Seems interesting?
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>