Re: Some thoughts about this mailing list

[Ulrich Schmidt <u.sch.zw@...>]

Am 11.11.2016 um 20:58 schrieb oliver:
> The Mark and Nabble archives are very useful but one big advantage of a forum
> is you can answer even way after the thread has ended.  This happens a lot on
> stackoverflow and is super useful, because some questions never age but the
> solutions do. Plus the quality of an answer can be voted which helps save time
> for future readers. AND you would still get emails in your inbox just the way
> you do now so what are the negatives again?
> 
> Once you set it up there should be no more work necessary than was required to
> setup the original lua-l server. And there is no need to give up on lua-l, but
> a core group of lua experts would at least have to agree to sign up and answer
> in good faith. Surely there are a few of you open to trying if you have no
> work to do but (because I will do the setup) to subscribe and respond the same
> way you do on this list?
> 
I like the mailing list and its atmosphere like it is. For me its not a
question about mailing list OR some kind of forum. Both choices coexist
peaceully.
I like the mailing list because the quality of answers for (my sometimes
silly) questions and i like the mailing list as a central place for
anouncements.

> Oliver

Ulrich.