Hi Folks,
Say, Just chatting on IRC today, and ShadowHawk pointed out that a host of other sites (Franks corner, etc) have sprung up almost entirely because there are no user based forums on winehq.org.
This is, in part, due to the fact that the gateway between the newsgroup and wine-users is busted. And it is that way, because the gateway we were using is a dead project, and Jer hasn't been able to wrestle it back into working (and doesn't really want to).
Further, I think it may be time to recognize that cool looking forums are what users expect; that mailing lists and newsgroups are really becoming the 'old' way of doing things.
Further, there is a PHP based forum system that Jer would be happy to put up on winehq.org.
This would neatly side step the whole problem and perhaps provide a nice upgrade for winehq.org.
What do others think?
Cheers,
Jeremy
On 23 Oct 2003, Jeremy White wrote:
Further, I think it may be time to recognize that cool looking forums are what users expect; that mailing lists and newsgroups are really becoming the 'old' way of doing things.
I for one don't think highly of other forms of forums, but this is not the issue. I think we should fix the gateway, and also provide one of these fancy forums. If people like them, all power to them. In fact, I think we should implement the Slashcode (or something similar) for the News box. Would be very nice to see the reactions of people to important news that happen in the community, but are not *that* important to start a thread about on wine-devel.
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 16:25, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote:
On 23 Oct 2003, Jeremy White wrote:
Further, I think it may be time to recognize that cool looking forums are what users expect; that mailing lists and newsgroups are really becoming the 'old' way of doing things.
I for one don't think highly of other forms of forums, but this is not the issue. I think we should fix the gateway, and also
The gateway is a dead issue. Back in the day it was pretty nifty to get listed on USENET. Unfortunately newsgroups these days are a mess, and IMO should go away. I intend to not look into it any further.
provide one of these fancy forums. If people like them, all power to them. In fact, I think we should implement the Slashcode (or something similar) for the News box. Would be very nice to see the reactions of people to important news that happen in the community, but are not *that* important to start a thread about on wine-devel.
The software I mentioned to Jer that we could implement is Phorum. http://phorum.org/ I've played with it in the past, and integrating it into the current site is dead easy.
As far as slashcode goes, we already have a news system. all someone needs to do is submit articles to be posted. Just submit a patch to wine-patches in the news XML format I use, and I will most likely add it.
On 23 Oct 2003, Jeremy Newman wrote:
The software I mentioned to Jer that we could implement is Phorum. http://phorum.org/ I've played with it in the past, and integrating it into the current site is dead easy.
Yes, something like this I had in mind, so that people can comment on the story. Whether it's slashcode or not I don't really care, but I think it would be very nice to have something like so. For example, when posting an interview people may want to ask little questions, etc., stuff that does not belong on the mailing lists.
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 17:15, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote: <SNIP>
For example, when posting an interview people may want to ask little questions, etc., stuff that does not belong on the mailing lists.
Exactly, whenever a news post, or new WWN, or Wine version is posted, I can start a new thread in the forum, and link to that thread from the news article on the front page. Easy, and effective.
On Thursday 23 October 2003 05:25 pm, Jeremy Newman wrote:
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 17:15, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote:
<SNIP>
For example, when posting an interview people may want to ask little questions, etc., stuff that does not belong on the mailing lists.
Exactly, whenever a news post, or new WWN, or Wine version is posted, I can start a new thread in the forum, and link to that thread from the news article on the front page. Easy, and effective.
Just my $.02, but where winehq really needs forums is in the appdb. The discussions associated with each app can be very useful, especially for those who want wine to "just work" -- but people would probably contribute more if these were a bit easier on the eyes.
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