[Freeswitch-users] Retiring the FreeSWITCH Mailing list
Gregor Nanger
gregor at infomedia.si
Fri Feb 3 14:46:06 UTC 2023
I agree with Brian. Changes are hard, but in the end, it will be better and
more organized. 👍
On Fri, 3 Feb 2023 at 14:34, Brian West <brian at freeswitch.com> wrote:
> It does let you set it up to be just like a mailing list, I understand
> everyone's aversion to change, It's going to happen, and it will allow
> everyone to receive help faster.
>
> /b
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 1:53 AM Shaun Stokes <shaun at syskonfig.pl> wrote:
>
>> Perhaps the new forum could function in a similar way to the mailing
>> list? If you could receive responses via email and respond via email, then
>> it would be the best of both worlds. I know most ticketing systems these
>> days provide this functionality, the same is possible on a forum.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* FreeSWITCH-users <freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org>
>> on behalf of Antony Stone <Antony.Stone at freeswitch.open.source.it>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 2, 2023 16:40
>> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] Retiring the FreeSWITCH Mailing list
>>
>> On Thursday 02 February 2023 at 14:51:19, Brandon Armstead wrote:
>>
>> > +1 in agreement with Alex.
>>
>> I don't know how many +1s you've had so far, but this is another one.
>>
>> I think Alex has expressed extremely well why forums are not as effective
>> as
>> lists.
>>
>> I would also simply add that I am on quite a number of mailing lists, and
>> it's
>> very convenient to deal with them all in one email client. If each one
>> were
>> replaced by a forum, I would need multiple logged-in windows in a
>> browser, and
>> have to actively switch back and forth between them to see if there were
>> new
>> messages. This is the biggest thing for me which makes forums highly
>> unproductive.
>>
>>
>> Antony.
>>
>> > On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 9:28 AM Alex Balashov wrote:
>> >
>> > > I do understand that maintaining a mailing list, and all the issues
>> that
>> > > come with it, is a thankless chore. I run several myself and can
>> relate
>> > > to the frustration.
>> > >
>> > > However, from my perspective, it is by far the most effective way to
>> > > engage the broadest swath of users, for reasons already outlined by
>> > > others. Only a small, hardcore group of forum enthusiasts who
>> > > particularly like that medium will participate in forums; average
>> people
>> > > won't bother to keep up with the forum because it requires work.
>> > >
>> > > The net effect is that people only come to ask a specific question,
>> the
>> > > number of experts usefully answering questions is reduced, and that
>> users
>> > > don't stay broadly abreast of trends and project info which would
>> > > otherwise smile out in some way from their inbox.
>>
>> --
>> #define SIX 1+5
>> #define NINE 8+1
>>
>> int main() {
>> printf("%d\n", SIX * NINE);
>> }
>> - thanks to ECB for bringing this to my attention
>>
>> Please reply to the
>> list;
>> please *don't*
>> CC me.
>>
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