From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Git Forum Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:42:14 -0700 Message-ID: <86lk3n6hih.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> References: <60646ee10804081615y6817f707ufbb4a544d166059@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Dill X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 09 01:43:01 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 1JjNSu-00015h-Sa for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:43:01 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752748AbYDHXmR (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:42:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752710AbYDHXmQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:42:16 -0400 Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([209.223.236.162]:28852 "EHLO blue.stonehenge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751845AbYDHXmQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:42:16 -0400 Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2DFAC1DE26D; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:42:15 -0700 (PDT) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.15.4.2; tzolkin = 2 Ik; haab = 5 Pop In-Reply-To: <60646ee10804081615y6817f707ufbb4a544d166059@mail.gmail.com> (sarpulhu@gmail.com's message of "Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:15:46 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Dill" == Dill writes: Dill> I'm sorry it wasn't my intent to split the group but make it more Dill> diverse. There has been some good points made though. I was thinking Dill> more along the lines that the forum would kind of be an offshoot of Dill> what's happening in the blogosphere as a lot of Git discussion happens Dill> and occurs separate of this list and I was thinking of some place they Dill> could group together and chat. Of course here is a good spot but most Dill> seem to know about this list but choose to talk outside of it. I was Dill> just hoping that the forum would help those people. Dylan. So, there are two separate issues here: 1) whether beginners should be in a different place from the developers 2) whether a beginners list should be a web forum or just another mailing list? I won't speak to point 1, because I can see both sides of it, but I'll be adamant about point 2: web forums suck Please, if you're gonna do this, make it a mailing list. Preferrably some place that also has an NNTP feed, and a (gack) web view for those who prefer that. Why do people insist on reinventing email, badly? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!