[mythtv-users] Forums??

Wayne Johnson bigman1 at alltel.net
Thu May 29 23:41:31 EDT 2003


Hello Ben,
      I think the only "forums" that you need are mailing lists and
irc. To often the web forums for oss apps get many questions asked and
very few answered. That may be because none of the knowledgeable
people frequent forums when the mailing list is a perfectly good
medium.
Thursday, May 29, 2003, 8:02:35 PM, you wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 16:18, Kevin Thorwesten wrote:

>> Wouldn't this be alot easier to communicate and help out each other if
>> communication was done via forums and not mailing lists?
>>  

> I brought this up not to long ago and it got shot down pretty quickly. I
> can understand this, though, because most open source projects generally
> use mailing lists as their method of support.

> However, I think a Forum is great for several reasons:

> - Better orginization of threads (separating forums under different
> subject as opposed to a separate mailing list for each)
> - Ability to track/watch messages (i.e. "favorites") and have them all
> listed on a single page when they are active
> - You can have the forum send email notifications of topic replies, as
> opposed to filling up your inbox with stuff you would rather read not
> have sitting on your hd (or server's hd)
> - Avatars and smilys are cool (jokingly)

> I think it is ultimately the developer's decision which method they are
> more comfortable with. Email lists are good for support, but I think
> regular discussion that does not require support should be posted in a
> forum.

> I guess there are other PVR forums out there, but if anyone really wants
> a forum I would be willing to host one (I have a linux rackmount server
> on a dedicated half-T1).  Email me directly if anyone's interested.. if
> enough people seem to be interested in setting one up then I guess its
> worth doing :-)

> ~Ben Davis



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 Wayne                            mailto:bigman1 at alltel.net



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