Re: oVirt Forum Pilot

From: "Yair Zaslavsky" <yzaslavs(a)redhat.com&gt; To: infra(a)ovirt.org Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:54:47 AM Subject: Re: oVirt Forum Pilot On 05/10/2012 03:07 AM, Eli Mesika wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Eli Mesika" <emesika(a)redhat.com&gt; >> To: infra(a)ovirt.org >> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:44:57 AM >> Subject: Re: oVirt Forum Pilot >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Itamar Heim" <iheim(a)redhat.com&gt; >>> To: "Barry Kostjens" <bkostjens(a)ilimburg.nl&gt; >>> Cc: "Oved Ourfalli" <ovedo(a)redhat.com&gt;, "Barry Kostjens" >>> <bkostjens(a)internetlimburg.nl&gt;, infra(a)ovirt.org >>> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 12:06:21 AM >>> Subject: Re: oVirt Forum Pilot >>> >>> On 05/09/2012 05:49 PM, Barry Kostjens wrote: >>>> I was thinking about MyBB. >>>> >>>> It has a 'mysupport' mod that adds the 'thread answered / >>>> solved' >>>> function, and it also lets you set a 'best answer'. >>>> >>>> You can have a look at it here: >>>> http://mods.mybb.com/view/mysupport >>> >>> I think the only issue raised around this is "does it work >>> two-way >>> with >>> emails"? >> >> Seems that it has plug-in for posting via email (the other way is >> trivially supported) >> http://mods.mybb.com/view/post-via-email > > also found this nice forum comperator if you want to compare myBB > with any other open source forum software > it is very easy to see all forum software features at once > (I had tried several and myBB had the best rank) > > http://www.forum-software.org/forum-comparator Nice! Btw, IIRC mybb was used for jboss forums , maybe prior to RedHat days. I really liked their forum back then (not that I have any objections to what is going on now ;) )

> >> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Op 9 mei 2012, om 16:44 heeft Oved Ourfalli het volgende >>>> geschreven: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "Barry Kostjens&quot;&lt;bkostjens(a)internetlimburg.nl&gt; >>>>>> To: "Eli Mesika&quot;&lt;emesika(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>>> Cc: infra(a)ovirt.org >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:39:19 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: oVirt Forum Pilot >>>>>> >>>>>> Any more opinions? >>>>>> >>>>>> Dunno how many people there are on this list? >>>>>> >>>>> I love the idea of a forum, with E-mail gateways. >>>>> The problem with a forum is that we should make sure we poll it >>>>> frequently, and provide fast answers, as people tend to be more >>>>> patient on mailing lists as they are on forums. >>>>> Also, some forums give you score and titles on participation >>>>> and >>>>> help you give other users, so this could also be a motivation >>>>> for >>>>> users to help one another. >>>>> Some forums also give the ability to set threads as "answered", >>>>> and what the answer is, and that's also important as you can >>>>> sometimes get lost in the information on long E-mail threads. >>>>> >>>>> Didn't get a chance to take a look at the implementation >>>>> suggestions below, but IMO an option that gives the abilities >>>>> mentioned above will be the winner :-) >>>>> >>>>> Oved >>>>> >>>>>> Op 8 mei 2012 om 17:20 heeft Eli Mesika&lt;emesika(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>>> het >>>>>> volgende geschreven: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>> From: "Barry Kostjens&quot;&lt;bkostjens(a)ilimburg.nl&gt; >>>>>>>> To: "Heiko W.Rupp&quot;&lt;hrupp(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>>>>> Cc: infra(a)ovirt.org >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 5:57:10 PM >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: oVirt Forum Pilot >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think that forum for this purpose is much friendly. >>>>>>> +1 for a forum instead of the users list. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Infra mailing list >>>>>>>> Infra(a)ovirt.org >>>>>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra >>>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Infra mailing list >>>>>> Infra(a)ovirt.org >>>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra >>>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Infra mailing list >>>> Infra(a)ovirt.org >>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Infra mailing list >>> Infra(a)ovirt.org >>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Infra mailing list >> Infra(a)ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra >> > _______________________________________________ > Infra mailing list > Infra(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra _______________________________________________ Infra mailing list Infra(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra