I fully agree with Jonathan - the mail lists that have gone to forums I've dropped off. I can check the mail lists quickly, easily, filter as necessary and get what I need without having to sign on and wade through a bunch of posts. If people really want forums setup a forum and let those who want it use it.
From: Jonathan Allen jonathan@barumtrading.co.uk Date: 2007/03/01 Thu AM 11:20:18 EST To: wine-devel@winehq.org Subject: Re: Forum proposal
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 05:15:03PM +0100, Luis Carlos Busquets PĆ©rez wrote:
Instead of having the mailing lists, I think that a "forum" would increase and facilitate the group working.
I could agree less. IMHO a mailing list works well by making sure that everyone gets everything, without them needing to go anywhere to get it. A forum wil immediately disenfranchise all thsoe who have no immediate need to go and visit the forum site every day and so will miss important annoucements and so on. Bad idea.
Jonathan