Re: github Discussions

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

Hi Christof,

> Git is open source. We could have our own Gitlab.

And it would have to be on some kind of server we would have to maintain 
ourselves. Same problem.

> For me mailinglists are still the best because
>
> - everybody has email
>
> - it is decentralized and cannot be owned by a single company which
>    means that you can change your provider at any time
>
> - there are hundreds of open source tools to handle it

It does have its pros, but this is not the point here. Our forum could 
be our own forum with any free software we decide on a server we could 
move at any time. After all, the mailing software has to run on some 
kind of server, too. You just moved it.

So it all ends up at "user experience" and best way of practice. As long 
as most of the guys are fine with the mailing list, no problem. We 
should recognize that a forum has its own advantages, however, and maybe 
we should compare both sides from time to time to make sure we still 
want it the way it is. Yes, mail does have its advantages.

By the way, I use many forums running on most different software, and 
what I don't like is that small texts are blown up so much you end up 
scrolling over headers and answer buttons and control tools most of the 
time. The mail folders in my Thunderbird are much smaller, and I can 
look over several mails at a glance. Especially when I do not use the 
tree view for single topics but the simple cronological view. No forum 
can offer this.

> As long as the development of the Linux kernel with thousands of 
> developers is organized via mailinglists, I wouldn't worry about another 
> tool.

And as long as there exists a mailing list, a forum doesn't make sense 
because it would mean additional effort for the readers to check both sites.

Regards
Rolf