Re: github Discussions

[T Lee Davidson <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/7/24 17:28, T Lee Davidson wrote:
> On 3/7/24 04:15, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Perhaps a discussion solution that could please everyone would be having a discussion application that functions as both a 
> discussion forum and as a mailing list by user choice.
>
> I know of only one such software: Discourse.
> https://www.discourse.org/features
> https://github.com/discourse/discourse
>
> I read, though, that it is resource heavy but have no personal knowledge of that.

Well crap! A quick read of the Beginner Docker install guide appears to indicate that it requires root access on the server and, 
therefore, probably cannot be installed on shared hosting.


--
Lee