The Gnome Project is closing all its mailing lists
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The Gnome Project is closing all its mailing lists
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Re: The Gnome Project is closing all its mailing lists
#2> The new platform offers way more features than Mailman, including gamification which newer generations, in general, appreciate,
GNOME is a parody of itself.
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#3I love Gnome, they piss some people off by making radical choices, but slowly they keep iterating and coming up with something nice over a long term. They have a vision and stick to it for years. I'm happy they don't just feel offended by posts like yours and act like short term pleasers. It's foss, you can fork it, you can use KDE. you can switch to Windows if you want. That's what free as in freedom is.
Personally I would have preferred matrix/element but hey Discourse>mailing lists for me.
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#4As a mailing-list bound software professional, this is wonderful news. Maybe one day we will be free of software development on MLs.
Re: The Gnome Project is closing all its mailing lists
#5As a mailing-list bound software professional, this is wonderful news. Maybe one day we will be free of software development on MLs.
What's better than a mailing list?
Re: The Gnome Project is closing all its mailing lists
#6Many OS projects closed their mailing lists. Google groups become unusable, and maintaining your own infrastructure is pain.
Plus many OS devs resigned on providing unpaid customer support. So far Github issues seems to be a good place for relevant bug reports. And people who need help (and paid) have direct phone number.
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#7As a mailing-list bound software professional, this is wonderful news. Maybe one day we will be free of software development on MLs.
As someone who formerly used to be in no-ML camp, I am proudly converted. Mailing Lists are decidedly democratic, and have least barrier to entry. It is also technically superior in providing unified interface to patches, communication, bug reports and everything adjacent.
Compared to that any fancy service provides lock-in under thin veil of "friendly interface".
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#8I love Gnome, they piss some people off by making radical choices, but slowly they keep iterating and coming up with something nice over a long term. They have a vision and stick to it for years. I'm happy they don't just feel offended by posts like yours and act like short term pleasers. It's foss, you can fork it, you can use KDE. you can switch to Windows if you want. That's what free as in freedom is. Personally…
> Personally I would have preferred matrix/element but hey Discourse>mailing lists for me.
Seems like there will be a Matrix bridge; FTA:
> GNOME Infrastructure Team Coordinator Andrea Veri [...]
> [...] also mentioned reducing fragmentation of the GNOME communities, along with improved integration, such as a bridge to Matrix for live chat. The move is part of a general modernization of the GNOME Project's infrastructure, which has also seen a move from IRC to Matrix and from cgit to GitLab.
Re: The Gnome Project is closing all its mailing lists
#9I love Gnome, they piss some people off by making radical choices, but slowly they keep iterating and coming up with something nice over a long term. They have a vision and stick to it for years. I'm happy they don't just feel offended by posts like yours and act like short term pleasers. It's foss, you can fork it, you can use KDE. you can switch to Windows if you want. That's what free as in freedom is. Personally…
Like what? I think it's generally agreed that their main product, the GNOME UI, uh, sucks.
Re: The Gnome Project is closing all its mailing lists
#10I love Gnome, they piss some people off by making radical choices, but slowly they keep iterating and coming up with something nice over a long term. They have a vision and stick to it for years. I'm happy they don't just feel offended by posts like yours and act like short term pleasers. It's foss, you can fork it, you can use KDE. you can switch to Windows if you want. That's what free as in freedom is. Personally…
Like what? I think it's generally agreed that their main product, the GNOME UI, uh, sucks.
I like it