Re: github Discussions

[Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-sse@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 07.03.24 um 09:03 schrieb Mayost Sharon:

> By the way: I saw several projects that are on: github that have the option of: Discussions
>
> Why the option of: maillist is better than Discussions
>
> Many thanks for your kindness

Github Discussions can be a mess, and I do not like Github's UI at all 
for forums - at least it is difficult to comprehend for beginners and 
"not so regular programmers". It is a special tool (a Git) for keeping 
track of versions and offers "some" more functionality to enable 
programmers to communicate directly over the platform.

But a real Discussion Forum software (like phpBB oder myBB or whatever) 
offers ways of communication and an easy-to-grasp UI which goes way 
beyond that of a Git.

I know Github "forums" (e. g. LTSP ltsp.org), but I see that many FOSS 
websites use a full-grown Forum nowadays (e. g. Scribus switched to a 
forum lately).

But generally, yes. Mailing lists and Forums both have their Pros and 
Cons. We should see that for many folks today a mailing list is 
difficult to setup and control, many younger guys only use mail on their 
smartphone and have no idea of a grown-up mailing tool like Thunderbird 
on a real PC.

The question is, what is the target group we are aiming to?

Regards
Rolf