oVirt Forum Pilot

Jason Brooks jbrooks at redhat.com
Tue May 8 20:32:14 UTC 2012


On Tue 08 May 2012 01:23:16 PM PDT, Carl Trieloff wrote:
>
>

It's also worth considering a stack overflow-type application. I find 
forums an inconvenient way to find information, and I like the way the 
stack overflow model bubbles up worthwhile content.

Fedora has a site like this that runs on open source software: 
http://ask.fedoraproject.org/questions/.


>
> I like the idea of Forums. I know some teams have created patches to
> mailman so it will post all thread on the list to the forum and visa
> versa, so you can pick your interface.
>
> Statistically forums get more traffic and are better for users, so if we
> picked one, moving to forums would get my vote. doing the mailmain forum
> hookup might also be worth exploring.
>
> Carl.
>
>
>
> On 05/08/2012 10:57 AM, Barry Kostjens wrote:
>> This is what Doron said about it:
>>
>> The thing is, it creates duplication.
>> So people wither use both the list and the forum,
>> or randomly selects one. Then you get people trying to cross-reference
>> the lists and the forums...
>> Now once we get into this state, it'll be impossible to monitor the
>> various channels as I try to do today.
>>
>>
>> Op 8 mei 2012, om 16:54 heeft Heiko W.Rupp het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> Am 08.05.2012 um 16:32 schrieb Barry Kostjens:
>>>> I made a suggestion to Doron Fediuck for setting up a ovirt forum pilot which might deprecate the users list in the future.
>>> Why not have both? A mailing list is perfect for offline usage and for (some) forums there exist bi-directional email
>>> gateways.
>>>
>>
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