[mb-users] A ML... and a forum!?

[Robert Kaye]

On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:32 AM, mll wrote:
>
> 1. do they have different functions?
>
> 2. If they don't, which one is bound to disappear - in MB we all  
> hate dupes
> of course. ;)
>
> 3. If they do, what's the fine line between them?

In my mind the exist to silence the people who kept hounding us to  
set up forums. :-) I could do without them, because I am an old fart  
used to reading command line news with rn back in the day -- mailing  
lists are awesome.

Problem is that there are lots of people out there who are  
intimidated with mailing lists and prefer to read forums.

The general idea, and I agree its a bit vague, is that general topics  
for helping people edit the database and general questions should be  
posted to the forums and more detailed discussions such as suggestion  
new features, dev topics or style issues should be handled in their  
respective mailing lists.

Light and fluffy -> Forums
Hard and heavy -> Mailing lists

:-)

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