Re: [vtk-developers] Fwd: VTK Discourse forum is now available

The harm of keeping the list open is in splitting the attention of the
community.

Note that when we close the mailing list, we really mean "turn off the
ability to post anything new to it". I think with some sort of response
that directs people who try to discourse. The archives will still be
available forever.

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
Principal Engineer


On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 7:09 AM Will Schroeder via vtkusers <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Bill brings up many good points. In particular references to the old
> mailing lists and such. I am a big fan of making information available
> through multiple access vectors so it can be found and accessed through
> different means.
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 6:54 PM Bill Lorensen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure retiring id a good idea.
>>
>>  For example stack overflow mirrors the lists.
>>
>> The lists are mentioned in many web pages.
>>
>> Also, I use LastPass for password manager and its a PIA to login just to
>> give a dimple answer. Especially on my phone.
>>
>> What is the harm in keeping the lists?
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 1:13 PM Cory Quammen via vtk-developers <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> Just a reminder that the mailing lists [email protected] and
>>> [email protected] will be retired at some point this year. Please
>>> post new questions and topics on https://discourse.vtk.org
>>>
>>> Details are available in the forwarded message below.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Cory
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> From: Cory Quammen <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:22 AM
>>> Subject: VTK Discourse forum is now available
>>> To: vtkusers <[email protected]>, VTK Developers <[email protected]>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello VTK community,
>>>
>>> Following up on our previous discussion about transitioning the VTK
>>> mailing lists to Discourse [1], we now have a Discourse forum ready to
>>> use to discuss all things VTK. You can find it at
>>>
>>> https://discourse.vtk.org/
>>>
>>> You can sign up for the web site using your Google or GitHub accounts
>>> if you prefer, otherwise you can register with a user name and
>>> password.
>>>
>>> Please try it out and leave any feedback you might have under the
>>> "Site Feedback" category (https://discourse.vtk.org/c/site-feedback)
>>> on the site.
>>>
>>> To set up Discourse in mailing list mode, please see:
>>>
>>> https://discourse.vtk.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-mailing-list/
>>>
>>> While we expect the bulk of VTK-related discussion to transition to
>>> Discourse fairly rapidly in the near term, the current
>>> [email protected] and [email protected] mailing lists will remain
>>> active until at least the middle of 2019, and the archives from these
>>> lists will remain available after that.
>>>
>>> See you on discourse.vtk.org!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Cory
>>>
>>> [1] https://markmail.org/thread/2dricthoo3ugw7jv
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cory Quammen
>>> Staff R&D Engineer
>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>
>>>
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