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

[René J.V. Bertin]

On Tuesday February 10 2015 16:24:30 Lawrence Velázquez wrote:

> I personally would not want to have to check Yet Another Source of MacPorts Discussion. I don't see what benefit a forum would have over our mailing lists.

I see them as complementary. Some people prefer mailing lists, others like myself prefer to keep their incoming mail as few as possible. If not only because new posts on a forum (= topics I'm not already participating in) cannot pop up in your email and nag you to get distracted. With some forums you get only a single email alert when there's new content after your last visit, not a copy of each and every message posted, which is a nice feature too. Oh, and did I mention that email that you don't get also doesn't have to be deleted, nor archived? ;)
I guess it should also be possible to set up some kind of gateway between a forum and specific mailing lists, but I suppose no one would really have an issue following a link that leads to a forum thread, sent by email by a member who knows which other members don't monitor the forum, and would like their participation.

R.