[mythtv-users] Forum better than mailing list

[Dan Berger]

This subject has been discussed before (the latest one being a couple of
weeks ago). I am no player in the mythtv scene, I am not experienced, nor am
I an oldschool user. That said, my suggestion does not hold as much weight
as someone else's.

However, I would still like to express my view. I strongly believe that a
forum is much more suited for what mythtv has become today. More users, more
problems, more hardware, more modules, more stuff, means more mail. With a
forum, the subjects can be divided up, as reflex suggests. It just makes
more sense for such a project and for a mailing list, which averages 200-300
mails a day (most fo them being technical).

>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of reflex
>Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:15 AM
>To: MythTV Users
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Forum better than mailing list
>
>Hello,
>
>There are thousands of questions about mythtv. Does it support 
>my card, can I have this feature, why does it not work with $Mydistro??
>
>Getting MythTV to work is not that easy. But the biggest 
>problem is the lack of proper documentation. It works for me 
>now more or less but I had to surf google all the time and 
>distiguish between unrelated info and outdated info.
>
>We could greatly improve the documentation section if you 
>would provide a Good Forum(tm) like phpBB and create several 
>sections like
>
>Installation probs:
>-------------------
>MythBackend
>MythFrontend
>MythTV Modules
>	MythTV
>	     XMLTV Fetching problem for non supported countries
>	MythMusic
>	MythDVD
>	etc.
>
>Feature Requests:
>-----------------
>Modules:
>	TV
>	DVD
>	etc.
>
>Hardware:
>---------
>PC's
>	pundit
>	etc.
>TV-Cards
>	Hauppauge 250/250
>	etc.
>
>This would prevent questions to be posted over and over again 
>to the list. And in case of phpBB we would finally have a 
>really good searching function!
>
>
>Just my 2 cents
>
>Have a nice X-mas
>-- 
>Clemens Wacha           wacha at gmx.ch           ICQ:12620492
>
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>