[mythtv-users] Forums

Mon May 17 10:33:14 EDT 2004

You can't post to Gossamer-Threads.   I think if you could that this whole
argument would stop appearing every month or two.  I'm surprised that it
hasn't been done yet just to quiet people who keep asking for a forum.

Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of David
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 9:06 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Forums
> 
> 
> Hmm, When Henk said this just two days ago he bottom posted 
> it - obviously that didn't work ;)
> 
> Gossamer-Threads already has this functionality: 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/
> 
> Unless you want something totaly different?
> 
> PS I bottom posted too - I upset both sides that way
> 
> Joe Byrne wrote:
> 
> >Does it have to be an either-or proposition?  Ideally 
> couldn't we have 
> >a mailing list that's archived to a forum, and the forum provides a 
> >mechanism for sending messages?  Doesn't Deja News, er 
> Google Groups, 
> >do this?
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jeff "Muddy" Waters" <mythtv at muddysmind.com>
> >To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 5:41 AM
> >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Forums
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >>On Sat, 2004-05-15 at 12:51, Grant Edwards wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 11:18:54AM -0400, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Jeff "Muddy" Waters wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>p.s. before a flame war starts I'm not trying to replace 
> the mail 
> >>>>>lists or the equally confusing wiki. It's just my feeble 
> attempt to 
> >>>>>do what I can to help out since I don't program.
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>Since none of those that can and do program will use this 
> forum nor 
> >>>>will most/all of the "power users" you're going to end up 
> with the 
> >>>>blind leading the blind.
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>That's been my experience in the past with other "forums". The 
> >>>technically savvy tend to prefer mailing lists or 
> newsgroups (which 
> >>>IMO, are far, far easier to use and a much more efficient 
> use of my 
> >>>time). If somebody wants to start a forum and fragment things even 
> >>>further, I certainly am not going to tell them they can't.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>My problems are with the highly inefficient use of space, 
> CPU and time 
> >>that a mail list requires. It's far more efficient in my 
> eyes to put 
> >>all things mythtv related (mythtv, lirc, ivtv) into one 
> spot so if you 
> >>so choose to do a search it covers all areas. Also when I ask a 
> >>question in a mail list it's sometimes impossible to determine if 
> >>you've had an answer. However like I said it's all personal 
> >>preference.
> >>
> >>Besides do you realize how much HD space the 2 years of 
> this one mail 
> >>list alone soaked up? I never realized I had so much space until I 
> >>deleted it all but this months.
> >>    
> >>
> ...and in a group that archives and processes multi-gig video 
> files this 
> 'argument' made me giggle ;)
> 
> PPS hey, at least it's not an <html> mail !
> 