Re: [xwt-users] Now c 239923

Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
> Totally agree.  Unfortunately I really do worry about a fragmentation of 
> support -- #xwt is nice because it's realtime and lists.xwt.org is nice 
> because it's archived and in-depth.  Forums have neither and I know that I 
> won't be spending any time there to provide help since they're such a 
> time-waste.  Adam does the lists, I can't see him diving into forums 
> anytime soon...  

Forums are archived and searchable - good ones are.  And all my 
references to fora are based upon phpbb (which is what Gentoo uses) 
which are not truly threaded - single threaded is a better description.

*nudge* http://forums.gentoo.org - take a look.

Anyway, fora are community support for the community.  It wouldn't be 
something the developers would bother with; just an entry point for the 
uninitiated.  That's the way it works in every other FS project I know 
of that has a sizable community.  Forum users support forum newbies. 
Those that care use the more 'sophisticated' forms of communicae.

Threaded MUA?  I use Moz mail (at work) and Evolution (at home).  But 
really, if I'm not using a thread MUA, then do you really expect a 
not-overly-technical person to be using one?

- Charlie