Users (#3) - Mailing List (#3) - Message List
I've installed a poll module and set up a poll on the main page, for how we want to handle the mailing list. Should we keep it running, and risk dividing our attention between too many places? Or switch to the trac forum exclusively, and risk not reaching as many people?
I'm inclined to get rid of the mailing list, and consolidate all development and discussion on the trac site. You can "subscribe" to topics and still get notified by email when something happens, and it's got a better web interface than mailman.
Anyway, vote in the poll, and discuss it here, so we can figure out if it's worth keeping it running.
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Message #11
There is definitely a higher barrier to entry for a newcomer with a mailing list vs a forum. It's not a great deal more, but I'd say even technical folks are probably going to be more familiar with forums than using lists. From this POV a forum is probably best.
Andrew08/29/09 07:51:30 (2 years ago) -
Message #12
It seems that fate has made the decision for us :). Every message I post to the mailing list, comes back with this:
<peruser@mail.telana.com> (expanded from <peruser@telana.com>): Command died with status 1: "/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post peruser". Command output: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/lib/mailman/scripts/post", line 69, in <module> main() File "/var/lib/mailman/scripts/post", line 61, in main inq = get_switchboard(mm_cfg.INQUEUE_DIR) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/sbcache.py", line 25, in get_switchboard switchboard = _sbcache.setdefault(qdir, Switchboard(qdir)) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 77, in __init__ os.mkdir(self.__whichq, 0770) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/mailman/qfiles/in'Anyway, I have nothing against using forums as long as subscribing and search work (which work just fine now:)).
TaaviSannik08/29/09 08:29:10 (2 years ago)-
Message #13
Hehe yeah, oops! I upgraded memory in my webserver last night, and apparently didn't bring up the mail server properly after I was finished. I made sure the NFS mounts were up and restarted postfix, I'm still not sure what the problem was. (Or still is... ah, it works again)
gabriel08/29/09 11:26:17 (2 years ago)
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Message #14
Hi,
I've subscribed to the mailing list to ask one question one day. Since then, I've been following ALL discussions about peruser, which I enjoyed, even if I didn't feel concerned in each one. A forum may not allow me to continue follow all discussions about peruser : I would have to visit specifically the forum and read all discussions, which is, I think, less nice. Maybe other people may think the same (hope I'm not alone )
I've voted "Yes" as anonymous (sorry, I've created my account 1 minute after).
Regards
-- Olivier Cecillon
Olivier08/29/09 11:56:27 (2 years ago)-
Message #15
@oliver: as gabriel already mentioned, you can subscribe to a forjum or a topic to keep updated. so your usage of the mailing listed is still possible with the forum. :)
mephisto2308/29/09 16:56:37 (2 years ago)-
Message #18
Ok. I didn't know it was possible, I've never used forums on trac. However, I maintain my answer to the poll, since it's not possible, as mentionned by Sean, to answer by email (even if it's not an issue).
Olivier08/30/09 11:47:37 (2 years ago)-
Message #19
I had an idea about that... I can configure the address that Trac's email notifications come from - if I set it to the list address, then if you reply to one of them, it goes to the list... of course any subsequent discussion on the list wouldn't be picked up by the forum, so that could maybe get confusing.
gabriel08/30/09 11:52:28 (2 years ago)
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