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But not always in a +discussion (be it with mail or web-based forum) where appropriately +quoting is very, very appreciated too. :-) + +><i> What about being able to [...] +</I> +Yes, that could be nice, only, Mageia is not about building first an +improved mail/forum gateway, but about building first an improved +operating system. You can't blame people for focusing on this and +doing it with tools they are productive with already. + +Migrating everyone to forums is, here, not acceptable. Dismissing +others from each side as well. Migrating everyone to ml was not even +considered (or we wouldn't have planned to have forums, or we would +have let them to local groups only). + +That this question gets discussed on and on is a (good) sign that +people are motivated to participate. But are you motivated enough to +cross the bridge, to change your habits and to meet the people where +they gather to build this thing, and to instill improvements? The +bridge is wide open and there's so much to built it further. Only, +it's not necessarily what you expect it to be, at first. + +There have been several suggestions as to build a forum/mail gateway, +only without the means to actually implement it within our +infrastructure. For what is existing, tux99 used to provide a 3rd +place showcase gateway in the past but I am not sure what its future +status will be; or you have +<A HREF="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.mageia.devel">http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.mageia.devel</A> or +<A HREF="http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.mageia.devel">http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.mageia.devel</A> or we could consider +another gateway if it's worth it (Google groups? other?) and if +there's someone to lend a hand to... no, to join sysadmin team for +that (and other things). + +Speaking of focus, this thread is about the release cycle. Now you are +welcome to open a bug <A HREF="http://bugs.mageia.org/">http://bugs.mageia.org/</A> in the Websites, +forums.mageia.org section I guess; if you think it's worth it to +dig/document this ml/forum thing further (and even better, if you have +a better workable solution at hand). But please let this thread on +topic. + +Romain +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="005667.html">[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="005613.html">[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#5622">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#5622">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#5622">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#5622">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |