FreeLists / haiku-web / [haiku-web] Re: Web Site Discussions

["Waldemar Kornewald" <wkornew@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Simon,

On 8/2/06, Simon Kennedy <stonewolfsoft@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've just posted a message to the web site forum about the current logo
> on the wiki / the logo in svn, but I'm not sure that the forum was the
> right place to post.
>
> Currently we have the following places to post questions
>
> 1. The Website forum.
> 2. The Wiki discussion page.
> 3. This mailing list.
>
> Do we need all of these?

Yes, this is a bad situation and our new website will change this. We
will only have forums for end-users and support questions (the team
forums will be deleted). Mailing lists will be the primary
communication form. The wiki will probably go away.

> Do people actually read all of them?

No, if you want to reach the Haiku team you should use the mailing
lists. Sometimes I watch for new forum topics, but most of the time I
don't because there is too much nonsense and I'm too lazy to
constantly check for new messages.

> Should I post the same question to all places?

The mailing list should do. Although some potential web developers
will probably only watch the forums... :(

> Can they be merged in some way?

I would like to use Google Groups which offers a forum-like interface,
but at the same time it can behave like a mailing list. Unfortunately,
the project admins voted against switching to Google Groups. It is
possible to at least use Google Groups as an archive, so I will
probably setup a group for those who prefer forum-style communication:
http://groups.google.com/group/Haiku-WebsiteProject
Maybe that group can even replace our current mailing list. But please
don't use that group, for now. It's not official yet and I haven't
setup the connection between this list and the group.

Bye,
Waldemar Kornewald
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