Re: Offered Discourse Hosting for the OpenNMS Community

--===============6542454892067704189==
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000659a3c057b9fb2ef"

--000000000000659a3c057b9fb2ef
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 04:15, Ronny Trommer <[email protected]> wrote:

> In my very personal opinion it would make sense to establish a Mattermost
> and a Discourse instance as the two default communication channels in our
> community.
>
> Without thinking a lot here a first idea for categories we could use:
>
>
>    - General: Replacement for the opennms-discuss mailing list
>
> What are the perceived deficiencies of the mailing list?

All of the alternatives seem to require either a client or a
platform-specific login, or both, and are all pull technologies where
people have to actively got and look for things. That seems like a poor
alternative for a mailing list where messages full of useful information
come to me without needing any additional workflow on my part :)

-- 
Alasdair Muckart | William de Wyke | http://wherearetheelves.net
"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little
worse
and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this
man's
lawful prey." - John Ruskin, 1819-1900.

--000000000000659a3c057b9fb2ef
Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Tue=
, 27 Nov 2018 at 04:15, Ronny Trommer &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
rg">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex=
"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">In my ve=
ry personal opinion it would make sense to establish a Mattermost and a Dis=
course instance as the two default communication channels in our community.=
<div><br></div><div>Without thinking a lot here a first idea for categories=
 we could use:</div><div><br></div><div><ul class=3D"m_6688263416709063380M=
ailOutline"><li>General: Replacement for the opennms-discuss mailing list<b=
r></li></ul></div></div></blockquote><div>What are the perceived deficienci=
es of the mailing list?</div><div><br></div><div>All of the alternatives se=
em to require either a client or a platform-specific login, or both, and ar=
e all pull technologies where people have to actively got and look for thin=
gs. That seems like a poor alternative for a mailing list where messages fu=
ll of useful information come to me without needing any additional workflow=
 on my part :) <br></div><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><d=
iv>Alasdair Muckart | William de Wyke | <a href=3D"http://wherearetheelves.=
net" target=3D"_blank">http://wherearetheelves.net</a><br></div><div>&quot;=
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little wo=
rse</div><div>and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price =
only are this man&#39;s</div><div>lawful prey.&quot; - John Ruskin, 1819-19=
00.</div></div></div></div>

--000000000000659a3c057b9fb2ef--


--===============6542454892067704189==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline


--===============6542454892067704189==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

_______________________________________________
Please read the OpenNMS Mailing List FAQ:
http://www.opennms.org/index.php/Mailing_List_FAQ

opennms-discuss mailing list

To *unsubscribe* or change your subscription options, see the bottom of this page:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opennms-discuss
--===============6542454892067704189==--