Re: Transition from maiing list to forum

I registered, but when I tried to login it says invalid password . I did
not have a openID url so left it blank.
mohan


On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Paul Wessel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear GMT user-
>
> We presently have three avenues for you to interact with us and with other
> GMT users:
>
> 1. The [email protected] (which you are subscribed to) has for
> ~20 years been
>    the only way to reach over a thousand subscribers with your GMT questions.
>  It has
>    been used to explore GMT solutions to problems, request new features,
> notify us of
>    suspected bugs, inquire about data sets, and in general ask anything
> related to GMT
>    installation, use, scripting, tricks, etc., etc.  Only subscribers to
> gmt-help may
>    post to the list.
> 2. The Issue tracker on gmt.soest.hawaii.edu.  This system allows you to
> post either
>    a bug report or a feature request.  It is the preferred way of doing so
> as emails
>    get lost but the tracker will keep track of the progress on a specific
> issue.  It
>    makes it much more likely that the developers will address a problem in
> a timely
>    manner.  An issue will remain open until a solution is found and
> tested.  Only
>    those registered on the web site may post.
> 3. The user forum on gmt.soest.hawaii.edu.  Like the gmt-help list, you
> can post
>    questions of all sorts.  Again, only those registered on the site may
> post.
>
> Since it is essential to us developers that all bug reports and feature
> requests be
> submitted via the website tracking system (New Issue), and since you must
> register to
> do so, we have decided to eventually shut down the mailing list and direct
> all the
> traffic to the User Forum.  The benefits are several: (1) Since you must
> register to
> post a bug you can also post on the forum, so no need for two separate
> accounts, (2)
> You can start a new thread or reply to an existing thread.  Thus, you have
> better
> control over what sort of notifications you wish to get from the site.
>  You can ask
> for daily digest, notification for every message (like you get from the
> email list),
> or just the ones you posted or indicate you care about.  (3) You have
> access to all
> previous posts on any topic already organized for you (unlike a long email
> trail
> with inbox-clogging attachments).  The forum allows you to better document
> your case.
>
> At the moment, some users post to the forum and some post to the gmt-help
> list, which
> causes a split of our services into two incompatible branches that only
> portions of
> the audience interact with.  It makes our job of maintaining both of these
> systems and
> responding to you very cumbersome.
>
> Change is hard for many, so we will continue to maintain the gmt-help
> mailinglist
> until Sept 1, 2014.  That gives users who have yet to register on our web
> site at
> gmt.soest.hawaii.edu about 4 months to accomplish this 1-minute task.  No
> doubt some
> will be very upset and refuse to do so.  However, those who feel it is
> beneficial to
> be part of the GMT community will sign up or have already done so. As of
> today,
> about 250 have registered on the site, and this is growing rapidly as new
> users
> discover GMT.
>
> After you register and login to the site, take a minute to examine your
> settings
> under the "My account" link near the top-right corner. In particular the
> Email
> Notifications selections control when the system will email you about new
> postings.
> You have to change this selection to receive mail for all events, similar
> to what
> our mailing list currently do by default.
>
> We will remind you again in August about the change, but the sooner you
> take action,
> the better.
>
> Sincerely, The GMT Team
>
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