From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dill Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Git Forum Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:45:35 -0600 Message-ID: <60646ee10804081545k6031578dxbae4c644fb7d2833@mail.gmail.com> References: <60646ee10804081451i4e6aa23ek44280e5d367d8814@mail.gmail.com> <20080408222501.GV11574@genesis.frugalware.org> <46a038f90804081536h7a19803apb401ed60593d9802@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 09 00:46:23 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JjMa4-0008SW-Pr for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:46:21 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752256AbYDHWph (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 18:45:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752156AbYDHWph (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 18:45:37 -0400 Received: from el-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.162.178]:42260 "EHLO el-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752041AbYDHWpg (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 18:45:36 -0400 Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id v27so1665894ele.17 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:45:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=04qYrms3BcrVbiL/16P3++7OaFs7VOlmeLIXyRtQ2Gs=; b=vZr74ZDcjUnHApdth5rwaufpTkdXCicGJi/mBVUjEkuUVv36BE6stsvPEhv1L4ZmgJe0pfcoTFSNxrXWR08Us9UT1wQbQislP9lG059DUPDyExMCPN60djvEWRIRd/cH3N+sTi4vF9LwRPXJZtX1vslYTHyrGZ3lOLVtIBxJ+JU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=vcuyQzkKWFr0Ehh2XncyO3ZbKirHHCJqzUicKdWP/yN6agbikqFG7ens2gRvCosAC+Y9ZH4SRmDMPsMTGvFi0Zq90NrmgRfuI7/p6XP3j/kPG/dSanMUSP4a3IaY497d9lT75muadrhFUHtYCYkhl+a24tI+Ws7GlCD77oZ1sik= Received: by 10.114.158.1 with SMTP id g1mr8216834wae.111.1207694735341; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:45:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.73.13 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:45:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <46a038f90804081536h7a19803apb401ed60593d9802@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Miklos Vajna wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 03:51:59PM -0600, Dill wrote: > > > I think a lot of users not only look at mailing lists but also seek > > > out forums for help. > > > > i never understood why this is good. maybe because there are no ads on > > this mailing list? > > > > yes, there are users who can't use a mail client so they use forums, but > > how one expects a user to learn git when he/she is not able to use a > > mail client? :) > > Specially with gmane and their ilk, which provide forum-like views, > including ads ;-) > > One thing we have had discussions about in the past is that we don't > want to split users from developers. Developers are here, so let's > make sure users are guided here too. The approach of not splitting > user/dev lists is a very good one - even if controversial at times. > > Make sure you read up on earlier discussions on a "git-users" list - > most of the considerations that apply against it also apply against a > forum. > > cheers, I have but as git grows more popular so will the users who wish to create communities that can help each other. IMHO this list will probably tend to be about development and bugs etc while other sites will sprout up geared more towards users. Could be wrong though. Dylan.