Spec for Edgy: Community Communication

[Derek Broughton]

Daniel Robitaille wrote:

> On 6/2/06, Andrew Zajac <arzajac at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> There is a reticence on the part of the mailing list community to
>> participate in the forums.  Perhaps it is justified;  I dunno.  Maybe
>> this can be addressed in this spec, too?
> 
> maybe I'm old fashioned, but personally I'm just not confortable with
> the forum medium for discussions (in general, not just the ubuntu
> ones), and a mailing list fits a lot better in my daily workflow.

I _know_ I'm old-fashioned :-)  I won't under any circumstances start using
web forums for this sort of discussion - I find it much too awkward - and
gating doesn't work: forum posters won't quote properly, so I filter them
right out.
-- 
derek