MacPorts forum(s)? (was: Re: memberlist)

[René J.V. Bertin]

On Tuesday February 10 2015 12:30:07 Arno Hautala wrote:

> > Not by sending to the list, no. But there's always the option of sending to a hand-picked selection of list members, if there's a reason to limit the audience.
> 
> Also something that doesn't require having a public members list.

Not public, limited-access, only to members who have a password to access the list site. And in my mind, the hand-picking option comes in only after a query shows it to be preferable over sending to the list, of course.

> 
> I don't know if it's been discussed before, but a MacPorts forum would
> seem like a valid topic to be spun off from this point.

Done. To kick off the discussion: has a MacPorts forum site ever been taken into consideration and if so, what were the reasons not to provide one (a summary would be fine)?

R.