From: Bill Stewart <bstewart@iname.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Two naive questions
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:51:14 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANV9t=RyoO95E_X+G2N-RdpfNecpo7urCT4JE+LZVcFXYv_u=w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1e52a858-730d-8982-c9a3-3c2c78e0a154@cs.umass.edu>
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 12:11 PM Eliot Moss wrote:
> On 4/20/2020 1:41 PM, Bill Stewart wrote:
>
> > This exact problem is one of the main reasons why many organizations
> > prefer a web-based forum rather than a mailing list. (NNTP is a
> > possibility, but many [most?] organizations block NNTP access for
> > content management and security reasons.) One of the other main
> > reasons a web-based forum is preferable is that participants don't
> > have to store/delete irrelevant messages.
>
> Definitely not intending to start a controversy, but maybe cygwin
> could switch to a bug tracker sort of system for dealing with issues
> and questions ...
My intent wasn't to start a controversy either...just pointing out
some limitations of mailing lists.
The aforementioned points are the main reasons why I agree with you
that a web-based solution would be better for questions and support.
Bill
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-20 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-16 20:21 Fergus Daly
2020-04-17 5:10 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-04-17 11:17 ` Fergus Daly
2020-04-17 17:31 ` Brian Inglis
2020-04-17 17:49 ` Stephen Carrier
2020-04-17 18:16 ` Andrey Repin
2020-04-17 18:44 ` Brian Inglis
2020-04-20 17:20 ` Stephen Carrier
2020-04-20 17:41 ` Bill Stewart
2020-04-20 18:11 ` Eliot Moss
2020-04-20 18:51 ` Bill Stewart [this message]
2020-04-20 20:09 ` Christopher Faylor
2020-04-20 20:44 ` Bill Stewart
2020-04-20 23:51 ` Christopher Faylor
2020-04-21 16:47 ` Stephen Carrier
2020-04-22 9:57 ` Andrey Repin
2020-04-23 16:49 ` Stephen Carrier
2020-04-23 19:13 ` Christopher Faylor
2020-04-23 19:33 ` Christopher Faylor
2020-04-24 18:58 ` Stephen Carrier
2020-04-25 15:18 ` Christopher Faylor
2020-04-20 17:59 ` Brian Inglis
2020-04-20 20:14 ` Christopher Faylor
2020-04-21 18:33 ` Brian Inglis
2020-04-21 20:30 ` Mailing list musings (was Re: Two naive questions) Christopher Faylor
2020-04-19 2:58 ` Two naive questions Christopher Faylor
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