[Ubuntu-be] mailing lists vs. forums

[Jan Fabry]

On 9 jan '07, at 22:51, Jan Claeys wrote:
>
>> But to the point ... it is perfectly possible to create a gateway
>> between the two.
>
> No, it isn't "perfectly possible".  Almost every time someone has  
> tried
> that it went *horribly* wrong, with both groups getting farther away
> from each other instead of getting nearer.  I prefer having a  
> number of
> people that follow both groups make sure important things from one  
> side
> get to the other side.

What do you think of a website like Gmane [ http://gmane.org/ ]?  
Instead of the 'forum', it creates a sibling newsgroup, which (at  
least in my opinion) solves much of the compatibility issues. It also  
creates an easier way of searching the archives (the current archive  
offers no way of searching, unless I completely overlooked it). For  
people reading it via the website, it offers different views: a  
newsreader-view, and a forum-view (but with more emphasis on the  
newsreader-features).

Many ubuntu mailing lists (including ubuntu-nl and ubuntu-fr) can  
already be found on gmane (under gmane.linux.ubuntu.*). Ubuntu-be  
could be added there (maybe under g.l.u.region.belgium, similar to  
ubuntu-br, to make the distinction user support <-> loco team more  
clear?).

Greetings,

Jan Fabry