[opensource-dev] [META] Communication tools

[Dzonatas Sol]

Boroondas Gupte wrote:
> On 03/23/2010 06:12 AM, Philippe (Merov) Bossut wrote:
>> - Mailing list: may be the most widely used tool. The problem I see 
>> with it is that it mixes everything: small requests, long 
>> discussions, policies, technicalities, etc... Other FLOSS projects 
>> use a variety of lists, breaking things in categories (Mozilla for 
>> instance). It tends to become another kind of mess with cross posting.
>> Yes, Gmail rocks and threaded discussions a god send but still...
> Thunderbird isn't bad for it, either. I guess other sufficently 
> advaned email clients work similarly well.
>

Thunderbird is whole reason why to keep discussions on a mail-list. The 
web-based forums (or gmail) just don't compare with the versatility, 
accessibility, and speed of Thunderbird.

I do agree both the web-based forums and mail-list should be used at 
their fullest. I think the more technical content discussions should be 
kept to the mail-list and policy based discussions can be moved to the 
web-forums.