Henne Vogelsang wrote:
And actually, forum users also have to create an account - that same account is used for access to bugzilla - so in some ways, the forum users are one step further along in that process because they already have the account to create bugs. :-)
That's perfect - there really should not be anything preventing an ml-fora bi-gating then.
Except the HUGE cultural difference in how people use the medium. A mailing list is a culture of correctness, RFCs and a certain communication style. And the people that keep this communication medium going (the people most important to our project!) are very picky about it. If you mix this with the more relaxed style of fora you will drive exactly these people away.
Alternatively, we could hope that the forum users would adapt the style of the mailing list. After all, if you want an answer, ask nicely and ask smart questions. I completely agree that there are huge cultural differences in the use of fora vs. mailing lists, but in essence all of the users are all openSUSE users. They can't be _that_ different. If they get to interact without having to jump through hoops, perhaps the "cultures" will merge.
I get that you want to connect the forum community closer to the other parts but that does not necessarily mean to integrate the communication medium. I must say I'm always a bit perplexed by this method. We don't integrate IRC, twitter, facebook or all the other communication media with each other, but nevertheless they work together.
To me it is the obvious thing do to - fora, mailing lists and newsgroup are all about the same thing - messages from one person to a group of people. The medium is just an interface, nothing else. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (16.4°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org