[zeromq-dev] Moving list to Google groups?

[Pieter Hintjens]

So an added criteria for any new platform is ability to import our archives.

Free is a plus iff the hosting business is long term reliable.

Conventional email interface is a plus.


On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Indradhanush Gupta
<indradhanush.gupta at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Jim Idle <jimi at temporal-wave.com> wrote:
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>> Also usually a lurker here, but I am all in favor of Google Groups.
>> Generally much better than the mailing list software. Can be a change for
>> some people of course. But +1 from me for what it's worth.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Dinu Gherman
>> <gherman at darwin.in-berlin.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I'm a silent lurker here, but I would most likely stop following this
>>> list after a move to google groups.
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>
> Agree with Dinu here. I'll probably forget about the list on google groups.
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>>>
>>> I don't like imposing the use of an account already connecting to lots of
>>> data where any email address anywhere would be just what is needed. Sure,
>>> you can user other identities, but that's a pain.
>>>
>>> Unrelated to ideology, I've tried using google groups for other groups
>>> imposing it on their members and I did not like the "user experience" at
>>> all, and after a while I gave up. I don't understand how people can like it.
>>> If it would be more like google mail, I
>>> might like it.
>>>
>>> I would give Mailman 3 a try which should now have an interface decades
>>> better than Mailman 2, which is probably literally true if you skip the
>>> plural s.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Dinu
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent on the move.
>>> Von unterwegs gesendet.
>>>
>>> > Am 14.04.2016 um 00:45 schrieb Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com>:
>>> >
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > I'd like to raise this question for discussion. The problem is that
>>> > zeromq-dev is running on an iMatix server, and I'd like to remove
>>> > iMatix infrastructure from our community, over time. It's a matter of
>>> > long term sustainability.
>>> >
>>> > (Apart from the list, iMatix also hosts downloads.zeromq.org which we
>>> > can start to move to Github release attachments IMO.)
>>> >
>>> > Anyhow, re. lists, let's weigh pros and cons of Google groups versus
>>> > other options. I'll make the decision based on this thread and other
>>> > factors.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> > Pieter
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