Re: FontForge Mailing List Switch
Frank Trampe <[email protected]> Sat, 10 Jun 2017 09:54:18 -0500
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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101370 On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Nathan Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you share the link? > > On Jun 10, 2017 3:22 PM, "Frank Trampe" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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? >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> ------------------ >>>>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>>>> engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> fontforge-devel mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel >>>>> http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> ------------------ >>>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>>> engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> fontforge-devel mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel >>>> http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers >>> Dave >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ------------------ >>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>> engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>> _______________________________________________ >>> fontforge-devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel >>> http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ------------------ >>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>> _______________________________________________ >>> fontforge-devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel >>> http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> fontforge-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel >> http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > fontforge-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel > http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ fontforge-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel http://fontforge.10959.n7.nabble.com/Developer-f3.html