Re: github Discussions

[Tobias Boege <tobs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 07 Mar 2024, T Lee Davidson wrote:
> 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.
> 

podman (https://podman.io) is an alternative to Docker which does not
require a daemon or root privileges. Apparently Dockerfiles and images
are standardized through the Open Container Initiative and podman can
process and use them without problems, even if they were made by and
for Docker.

Best,
Tobias