[sldev] A forum

[Gary Wardell]

Hmm,

It seems that some people have forgotten that the list is archived online, here: https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/sldev/.

For example you can find this thread here at the bottom of the page
https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/sldev/2008-April/thread.html

You will also note this thread was a reply to another thread.

So it looks like we already have the best of both worlds (threaded view, subject view, author view, date view, archived online, searchable, publicly accessible, and you can download the archive), except that you can only post via your mail reader.

Gary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sldev-bounces at lists.secondlife.com
> [mailto:sldev-bounces at lists.secondlife.com]On Behalf Of Felix 
> Duesenburg
> Sent: Thu, April 24, 2008 2:31 AM
> To: sldev at lists.secondlife.com
> Subject: Re: [sldev] A forum
> 
> 
> There certainly are pros and cons for both list and forum, 
> but I'd also 
> agree that the mailing list format has more advantages than 
> disadvantages in this case. Searching for things is really a 
> lot easier 
> that way. Mostly I don't even use the threaded view (takes slightly 
> longer to display), I just use the ad hoc filter ('Subject or Sender 
> contains...'). I also archive my messages in one subfolder 
> per month to 
> keep file size manageable. Thunderbird (or SeaMonkey which I 
> use) offers 
> compression as well. And replies are faster because you get it shoved 
> into your face and must make a decision to dismiss or write 
> back, but I 
> can see that this appears to be a stress factor for some.
> 
> But one thing that would speak for keeping a forum, too, or 
> possibly a 
> separate list: Where do you ask for help with fundamental 
> things, those 
> really noobish questions? Apart from support with getting the 
> thing to 
> compile, sldev doesn't appear to be the proper place for 
> this. Of course 
> there are plenty of public forums not tied to this project where you 
> could ask for help e.g. when hassling with getting a 
> call-by-reference 
> right that keeps giving errors... stuff that happens when you've been 
> with other OO languages for too long ;). Should we have a 
> place within 
> the SL community for that or does the majority feel it would 
> be redundant?
> 
> Felix
> 
> 
>