Re: Nabble issues

[Philip Nienhuis]

Nicholas Jankowski wrote:
>     In addition, Nabble's future seems to be uncertain, see:
>     http://support.nabble.com/The-Future-of-Nabble-td7605923.html
>
>
> well, not overly surprising.  while gnu.org <http://gnu.org> does 
> maintain a list archive [1] and there is a reply-to button that I assume 
> uses a mailto: link, it doesn't quote or carry over any useful message 
> headers (actually, I don't think the list uses any thread linking 
> headers). So that's sub-optimal, but possibly provides a minimal 
> solution for you.
>
> there was a 'make a forum' discussion last year [2], but it sort of 
> fizzled. when yahoo groups closed shop a number moved over to groups.io 
> <http://groups.io>.  that acts as a fairly good mailing list / forum 
> bridge.  I've been told that google groups can supposedly serve as a 
> mailing list archive / portal interface. But haven't tried that since a 
> number of mailing lists left it when they changed their operating mode 
> from the old usenet nntp model.
>
> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/,
> [2] 
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2019-12/msg00144.html

Thanks Nick.

Yeah I know the gnu.org ML archive, in fact that's what I use to browse 
the MLs (also the bug and patch tracker archives).
The reply button's functionality is rudimentary at best :-) OTOH the 
search functionality is usable.

Google groups seem to have a taint with it that many OSS communities I 
was/are involved with don't like; same for yahoo. Another issue there 
was retention time for postings, esp. in the usenet times.

I do remember last year's discussion and a few others in years gone by. 
These initiatives usually stall as soon as it emerges that it also 
requires commitment for responsibilities like moderating, being 
accountable for the provider, etc. that no one here is willing to pick 
up. I'll blame no one, I have no interest in (nor time for) that stuff 
either. What brings us together is enthusiasm for code development, not 
for mundane stuff like forum administration.

Well, I think I'll have to make do with the gnu.org "reply" button for 
the foreseeable future :-)
Hopefully someone will come up with a better alternative, who knows.

Philip