Re: github Discussions

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 07/03/2024 à 10:01, Rolf-Werner Eilert a écrit :
> 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

Gambas uses Gitlab. It does not use Github, because Microsoft... and AI 
that pumps real source code made by real programmers to generate false 
answers to people that needs AI to be a programmer.

I am not against replacing the mailing-list by something else, but:

- It must offer the same kind of discussion organisation, i.e. threads.

- We should control the tool.

- Who is going to maintain that new tool?

Another advantage of the mails is that I can download them, and read 
them later without the Internet.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.