Re: [jruby-user] Re: [jruby-dev] [jruby-user] Re: [jruby-dev] Mailing lists need to be migrated off Codehaus

Keith Bennett <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:33:36 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.jruby.user
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Responses so far:

"Google Groups is abandonware, and there is NO way to extract posts from it
if you decide you made the wrong choice. That's why we still haven't moved
the pre-discourse archive into here."

...and...

"The thing that everyone seemed to dislike was that we couldn't be
email-only when interacting with the discourse forum. At this point, the
email features have caught up, so discourse is an excellent choice."

- Keith


On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Keith Bennett <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I'm in the Ruby Rogues "Parley" discussion group, and a couple of years
> ago they switched from Google Groups to Discourse.
>
> There was a heated debate at the time.  Some people hated Google Groups
> because it wasn't open source and Google was not responsive in fixing
> bugs.  Others said that Discourse was not good on mobile phones.  Whether
> or not using it with email would really be convenient was questioned.
>
> I can't speak for the others, but I stopped participating -- I don't
> remember the details, but either email did not work correctly or for some
> reason I did not get notifications; and I never seem to get around to
> logging in.
>
> If I get a chance I'll post a message there asking for a retrospective on
> that decision.
>
> - Keith
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Karol Bucek <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Discourse should be able to act like a plain-old mailing list:
>> https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/MAILING-LIST-SETUP.md
>>
>> ... than of course I do not have any experience using it that way, just
>> wanted to address the same kind of complains about it.
>> groups is fine esp. if "quick" migration is possible.
>>
>> K.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 6:04 AM, christian <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> google groups would be OK to me or anything which works fine as "email"
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Tim Uckun <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> FWIW I find the discourse interface to be too distracting and busy.  I
>>>> like the email list.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Thomas E Enebo <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am inclined at this point with a slight bias towards google groups
>>>>> because we use it for JNR and a few other projects but I will look at
>>>>> Discourse since so many have mentioned it.
>>>>>
>>>>> My larger view from managing this stuff is to try and consolidate all
>>>>> of this stuff down to as few instructions and moving parts as possible
>>>>> while not pissing off community members :)
>>>>>
>>>>> -Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Chris Seaton <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We still get a bit of very obvious spam on jruby-user every few weeks
>>>>>> - but I think most of it comes from the ruby-forum integration. Perhaps we
>>>>>> should reconsider that as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14 Apr 2015, at 21:43, Charles Oliver Nutter <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Google Groups is easy to manage (even
>>>>>> spam)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> blog: http://blog.enebo.com       twitter: tom_enebo
>>>>> mail: [email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Responses so far:<br><br>&quot;Google Groups is aband=
onware, and there is NO way to extract posts from it
if you decide you made the wrong choice. That&#39;s why we still haven&#39;=
t moved
the pre-discourse archive into here.&quot;<br><br></div>...and...<br><div><=
br>&quot;The thing that everyone seemed to dislike was that we couldn&#39;t=
 be email-only when interacting with the discourse forum. At this point, th=
e email features have caught up, so discourse is an excellent choice.&quot;=
<br><br></div><div>- Keith<br><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><b=
r><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Keith Bennett=
 <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D=
"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div>I&#39;m in the Ruby Rogu=
es &quot;Parley&quot; discussion group, and a couple of years ago they swit=
ched from Google Groups to Discourse.<br><br></div>There was a heated debat=
e at the time.=C2=A0 Some people hated Google Groups because it wasn&#39;t =
open source and Google was not responsive in fixing bugs.=C2=A0 Others said=
 that Discourse was not good on mobile phones.=C2=A0 Whether or not using i=
t with email would really be convenient was questioned.<br><br></div>I can&=
#39;t speak for the others, but I stopped participating -- I don&#39;t reme=
mber the details, but either email did not work correctly or for some reaso=
n I did not get notifications; and I never seem to get around to logging in=
.<br><br></div>If I get a chance I&#39;ll post a message there asking for a=
 retrospective on that decision.<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#8888=
88"><br><br></font></span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#8888=
88">- Keith</font></span><div><div class=3D"h5"><br><br><div><div><div><div=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr =
15, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Karol Bucek <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:se=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><bl=
ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #=
ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><br></div>Disco=
urse should be able to act like a plain-old mailing list: <a href=3D"https:=
//github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/MAILING-LIST-SETUP.md" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/MAI=
LING-LIST-SETUP.md</a><br><br></div>... than of course I do not have any ex=
perience using it that way, just wanted to address the same kind of complai=
ns about it. <br>groups is fine esp. if &quot;quick&quot; migration is poss=
ible.<span><font color=3D"#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span><font =
color=3D"#888888">K.</font></span><div><div><br><div><div><div><br><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 6=
:04 AM, christian <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote =
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px sol=
id rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">google groups would =
be OK to me or anything which works fine as &quot;email&quot;</div><div><di=
v><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 15,=
 2015 at 3:14 AM, Tim Uckun <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:timucku=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>=
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">FWIW I f=
ind the discourse interface to be too distracting and busy.=C2=A0 I like th=
e email list.<br></div><div><div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Thomas E Enebo <span dir=
=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">tom.e=
[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pad=
ding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>I am inclined at this point with =
a slight bias towards google groups because we use it for JNR and a few oth=
er projects but I will look at Discourse since so many have mentioned it.=
=C2=A0 <br><br></div>My larger view from managing this stuff is to try and =
consolidate all of this stuff down to as few instructions and moving parts =
as possible while not pissing off community members :)<br><br></div>-Tom<br=
><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Chris Seaton <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">chrisgseaton@gmail=
.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:=
1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div>We still get a bit of very ob=
vious spam on jruby-user every few weeks - but I think most of it comes fro=
m the ruby-forum integration. Perhaps we should reconsider that as well.</d=
iv><span><font color=3D"#888888"><div><br></div><div>Chris</div></font></sp=
an><span><br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On 14 Apr 2015, at 21:43, =
Charles Oliver Nutter &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"=
_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br><div><span style=3D"fon=
t-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;fon=
t-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;t=
ext-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;floa=
t:none;display:inline!important">Google Groups is easy to manage (even</spa=
n><br style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-=
variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;=
text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wor=
d-spacing:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-sty=
le:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line=
-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-s=
pace:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">spam)</sp=
an></div></blockquote></div><br></span></div></blockquote></div><br><br cle=
ar=3D"all"><br></div></div><span><font color=3D"#888888">-- <br><div>blog: =
<a href=3D"http://blog.enebo.com" target=3D"_blank">http://blog.enebo.com</=
a>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 twitter: tom_enebo<br>mail: <a href=3D"mailto:=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div>
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