A migration of the YDL lists to forums: 2004 08/03

[Olaf Olson]

Which choice is the lesser of two evils, leaving YDL or going with a 
distribution that has a mailing list, instead of forums?

I don't understand. I prefer mailing lists because I get to look at 
stuff, even if it doesn't really interest me.  Mailing lists are easy 
and they target everyone on the list. You don't have to do anything 
directly, to see the info. In fact, it comes at you, regardless of 
whether you actually wanted it.

Forums take more work. You actually have to click to read. You actually 
need a specific topic to contribute to.

In short, Forums are more work.

Is that the reason to give up YDL and say goodbye to Terrasoft? Is that 
why you've been contributing to this list, because it's easier than 
Gentoo, which has a Forum? I must have misunderstood, as I thought it 
was because you like YDL and us.

I hate to lose the mailing list, but ONLY because I could access it 
every time I downloaded e-mail, including on the road, in remote corners 
of North Dakota, and even on Lake of the Woods, in Canada (Hey! It was 
raining and the fish stopped biting!).

I am sad to see MLs go, but I'm not giving up YDL. I don't think you 
have to switch to YDL 4, to discuss on the forum, either!

Olaf

Norberto Quintanar wrote:

>--- sloopy <sloopy@ydl.net> wrote:
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>>On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 16:25, nathan r. hruby wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Kai Staats wrote:
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>>>>Subscribers to the Yellow Dog Linux General list,
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>>>>We are pleased to announce the creation of Terra Soft Forums:
>>>>http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/forums/
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>>>>... which will replace the use of the newbie, general, and
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>>devel email lists. 
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>>>>This new environment is more functional, aesthetically
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>>pleasing, and less 
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>>>>maintenance intensive in comparison to the mailman-based lists.
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>>>>The existing lists will be terminated this coming Monday, the
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>>9th of August. 
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>>>>(No need to terminate your membership list, I will take care of
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>>this for you 
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>>>>next week.) The lists archives will of course be retained.
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>>Please create an 
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>>>>account with the new forum(s), migrate conversations and
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>>threads, and enjoy!
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>>>A Linux distribution without a real mailing list?  That *has* to
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>>be one of the
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>>>most retarded ideas ever.
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>>>Goodbye Terrasoft.
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>>>-n
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>>yeah i am not happy about it either... the bbs they use is one i
>>dont
>>care much for at all... dunno if i will contribute/visit much
>>myself...
>>i like the ML much better...
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>>sloopy.
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>I like ML's better than forums too.  But I really like YDL also. 
>Which choice is the lesser of two evils?  Sticking with YDL and the
>forums or migrating completely to debian and a mailing list?  Only
>time will tell.
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