[vtkusers] [vtk-developers] Fwd: VTK Discourse forum is now available

Fri Mar 1 09:54:28 EST 2019

Den fre 1 mars 2019 kl 15:40 skrev David E DeMarle via vtkusers
<vtkusers at vtk.org>:
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> The harm of keeping the list open is in splitting the attention of the community.
>
> Note that when we close the mailing list, we really mean "turn off the ability to post anything new to it". I think with some sort of response that directs people who try to discourse. The archives will still be available forever.

+1

(In Qt they recently had a debacle where they accidentally
regenererated their ML archives, creating broken links all over the
place (forums, commit messages, bug reports et.c.) and had to back out
and restore it.)

Elvis

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> David E DeMarle
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> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 7:09 AM Will Schroeder via vtkusers <vtkusers at vtk.org> wrote:
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>> Bill brings up many good points. In particular references to the old mailing lists and such. I am a big fan of making information available through multiple access vectors so it can be found and accessed through different means.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 6:54 PM Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not sure retiring id a good idea.
>>>
>>>  For example stack overflow mirrors the lists.
>>>
>>> The lists are mentioned in many web pages.
>>>
>>> Also, I use LastPass for password manager and its a PIA to login just to give a dimple answer. Especially on my phone.
>>>
>>> What is the harm in keeping the lists?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 1:13 PM Cory Quammen via vtk-developers <vtk-developers at vtk.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> Just a reminder that the mailing lists vtkusers at vtk.org and vtk-developers at vtk.org will be retired at some point this year. Please post new questions and topics on https://discourse.vtk.org
>>>>
>>>> Details are available in the forwarded message below.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Cory
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>> From: Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
>>>> Date: Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:22 AM
>>>> Subject: VTK Discourse forum is now available
>>>> To: vtkusers <vtkusers at vtk.org>, VTK Developers <vtk-developers at vtk.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello VTK community,
>>>>
>>>> Following up on our previous discussion about transitioning the VTK
>>>> mailing lists to Discourse [1], we now have a Discourse forum ready to
>>>> use to discuss all things VTK. You can find it at
>>>>
>>>> https://discourse.vtk.org/
>>>>
>>>> You can sign up for the web site using your Google or GitHub accounts
>>>> if you prefer, otherwise you can register with a user name and
>>>> password.
>>>>
>>>> Please try it out and leave any feedback you might have under the
>>>> "Site Feedback" category (https://discourse.vtk.org/c/site-feedback)
>>>> on the site.
>>>>
>>>> To set up Discourse in mailing list mode, please see:
>>>>
>>>> https://discourse.vtk.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-mailing-list/
>>>>
>>>> While we expect the bulk of VTK-related discussion to transition to
>>>> Discourse fairly rapidly in the near term, the current
>>>> vtkusers at vtk.org and vtk-developers at vtk.org mailing lists will remain
>>>> active until at least the middle of 2019, and the archives from these
>>>> lists will remain available after that.
>>>>
>>>> See you on discourse.vtk.org!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Cory
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://markmail.org/thread/2dricthoo3ugw7jv
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Staff R&D Engineer
>>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>>
>>>>
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