Re: new forum, what happened? make a plan?

Brynn,
      Go ahead and do what needs to be done.  You will never make all of the people happy.
Best Regards,
Bill


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On Friday, January 25, 2019 5:31 PM, brynn <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Friends,
> As I mentioned a couple of months ago, I've lost my patience over this
> whole "new forum" issue.
>
> I've been given the impression that we're (as a community) going back
> into limbo with the forum situation, and holding our breath that there are no
> more black eyes resulting from the lack of (effective) management of
> InkscapeForum.com.
>
> I don't understand why. Why risk yet another black eye? Do most people
> just not realize everything that's happened due to the lack of effective
> management, over the years? Or everything that could still happen? Shall I
> elaborate? Or maybe most people just don't care, since they don't use forums
> anyway?
>
> What yet needs to be done to make the new forum live and close the old
> one? To me, it has all the features it needs. As far as I know, the only thing
> that's still needed is load testing (lots of users at the same time).
>
> If we can start it within 6 months, I'd like to propose that we make a
> concrete plan (as much as possible, given that this community doesn't function
> well with deadlines). Of course I'd be glad to help create such a plan.
>
> If it requires more than 6 months more work, I would propose installing
> a php forum (SMF or phpBB) and start it right away. Then some day, if the
> Django-integrated forum is ever ready, we can switch over to it.
>
> Thanks for any clarity on this issue.
>
> All best,
> brynn
>
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