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diff --git a/doc/todo/provide_a_mailing_list.mdwn b/doc/todo/provide_a_mailing_list.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f34ed77c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/provide_a_mailing_list.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +I am aware that you (Joey) [[made_a_choice_against_a_mailing_list|contact]], +but I would like to see you reconsider. + +The wiki works well for bugs and +collaborating on the software, but not for simple user support issues. For +instance, I spent the last three days waiting for any form of reply to my +question on IRC (none so far): + + 09 15:49 < madduck> any ideas how to implement a two-level menu + 09 15:40 < madduck> like http://www.abacons.ch/leistungen/treuhand.html ? + 09 15:50 < madduck> the top bar are the main sections + 09 15:50 < madduck> and then i might need subsections (further down) under each + 09 15:50 < madduck> i'd like to do this without hardcoding sections in the template + 09 15:50 < madduck> but at least the main sections are to appear on all pages + 09 15:50 < madduck> so the template needs a slot, i just wonder how best to fill it + 09 15:51 < madduck> i can only ever use one navbar it seems + 09 15:51 < madduck> and i already need the sidebar for something else + +I would not know where to take this question on the wiki itself. + +A mailing list is made for these kind of questions, and as we pick up even +more users, the number of such requests will also increase. --[[madduck]] + +> I wouldn't mind a mailing list myself. For many people, e-mail is more +> efficient to process, particularly offline, than wiki pages. Also, +> ikiwiki's discussion pages require a fair amount of discipline from +> users to make it easy to follow a long discussion. On the other hand, +> it would be interesting to make improvements to ikiwiki +> (read: plugins) to to see if it's possible to accomodate both +> mail people and online people. +> --[liw](http://liw.fi) + +>> The [Zwiki](http://zwiki.org) project has ideas to mine in this area. We explored various permutations of wiki and mail list. +>> Currently Zwiki's [email features](http://zwiki.org/Mail) are good enough that we use it as the mail list and don't run separate +>> ml software. This is simple and mostly satisfying. Now and then we miss the familiarity and industrial +>> strength of a standard mail list and its simple time-based archive. We do gateway with [gmane](http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.zope.zwiki) so people +>> can use that as an alternative. I'm happy to chat about this, ping me.. +>> --[sm](http://joyful.com) + +[[tag wishlist]] |