Re: FontForge Mailing List Switch

That is rather vexing. I've submitted a request to the freedesktop tracker.


On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Nathan Willis <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Well, it seems that someone at SourceForge has pulled the "Annoy our
> customers" lever again. (If you haven't gotten a 'please confirm again that
> you want this mailing list or we'll automatically unsubscribe you' email,
> yet, it's coming!)
>
> Maybe that means it's time to revisit this topic?
>
> Nate
>
>
> On Oct 3, 2016 5:59 PM, "Dave Crossland" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Making a new announce list with Free Desktop sounds good to me
>
> On 3 October 2016 at 12:18, Frank Trampe <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm only concerned about the announcement list right now.
>>
>> I think that FontForge can be much more successful in building mindshare,
>> its user base, and a donor base if we take steps to make it cool. I realize
>> that this is significantly out of step with its historical origins, but
>> it's what we need to keep the project healthy.
>>
>> We've already done this for the icon set, the widget set, and the
>> website. The last outward-facing thing is the announcement list.
>>
>> As some of you may have noticed, I've adjusted the website to drive
>> subscriptions to said list in order to improve engagement with casual
>> users. That is where superficial impressions matter most, and we must act
>> accordingly. I want to start sending fancy release announcements with
>> pictures of new features and without other people's advertisements.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 3 October 2016 at 09:52, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> > I'm a little biased on restarting something elsewhere because there's
>>>> > roughly 10+ years of archive here, and those that are looking for just
>>>> > announcements are already here.
>>>> >
>>>> > Some advertising is an understandable expectation, because someone has
>>>> to
>>>> > pay for ethernet bandwidth, electricity, maintaining/upgrading
>>>> computers,
>>>> > and if/when necessary - deal with the everpresent reality of spammers
>>>> and
>>>> > spamming. Fortunately, announcements tend to be a one-way message
>>>> system,
>>>> > but I do note that we've been relatively spam free compared to other
>>>> > message lists (some of them are very spammy).
>>>>
>>>> Agree. I don't see any real significant reason to move, and at least
>>>> this
>>>> one really good reason to stay.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Frank T, were you talking about moving all 3 lists or only the announce
>>> list?
>>>
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>
> --
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> Dave
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