On 2022-05-31 20:55, Per Jessen wrote:
Jim Henderson wrote:
On Fri, 27 May 2022 05:01:24 +0000, Attila Pinter wrote:
The forums would be a much better place? Sure, but our forums are outdated in terms of UI/UX. I don't like to use it either which is said since
[For some reason I don't get Attila's postings directly, dunno why.]
There are reasons why our forums setup is a bit behind the times. In a nutshell, lack of resources. Whether it is for upgrading vBulletin or moving to another platform.
Lame bumper sticker: [openSUSE Heroes, actively recruiting!]
We also used to have an NNTP gateway, but since SUSE was sold, the NNTP gateway has been shut down (the old NNTP server was a proprietary system that was licensed to run on a specific system, and the company that made it stopped selling it, so they couldn't get a replacement license to move to another server). I did a lot of testing with innd, but only ever used it for testing - I just don't have the time to devote to setting it up and securing it properly.
IOW, more lack of resources. I _think_ the perception is that the demand for nntp access to forums hasn't been sufficient to warrant the effort. I know for a fact innd was investigated and that someone looked into running an instance. (an attempt to on-board another Hero).
The innd server exists, but it has to connect to the webforum somehow. We are stuck there. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Elesar, using openSUSE Leap 15.3)