Re: [orca-list] Announcement: this mailing list will be retired by the end of Oct 2022

[Sébastien Hinderer <Sebastien Hinderer ens-lyon org>]

Dear Colomban,

Many thanks for your contribution, I like the fact that it's full of
good will.

I share the fears that have been expressed several times here. Last time
I tried Discourse, a few months ago I think, the thing that blocked me
was that I have not been able to turn on the e-mail preferences. Perhaps
I didn't do the right thing, or perhaps there has been an accessibility
issue that has been fixed since then, I don't know and shal re-try in
the coming days.

I think the things we need to be able to live with a Discourse-based
solution are:

- Creating an account must be accessible

- Configuring preferences, especially turning on delivery through
emails, must be accessible

- Being able to send a new topic by e-mail

- Being able to respond to a topic by e-mail

On the positive side, I quite like the idea of being able to receive
only the first post of each  topic. That gives a flexibility a
mailing-list does not have.

Finally, I am wondering: would it make sense to mirror what happens on
the Discourse formu on atraditional mailing-list, in both ways?

Sébastien.

Colomban Wendling via orca-list (2022/10/20 14:18 +0200):
> Hello,
>
> I've got the feeling this got a tiny bit too heated too quickly. Admittedly
> I have little experience with creating *new* topics by email on Discourse,
> but at the very least interacting with existing ones is quite easy -- at
> least once the account is set up.  It really could be a mailing list that it
> wouldn't be too different (threads works, I get individual replies as soon
> as they are posted, etc.).
>
> I think that before getting angry and setting up something new, maybe giving
> it a fair shot would be good.  And I'm hopeful that if there are any
> accessibility issue preventing setting up an account or subscribing to the
> Orca messages, people at GNOME infrastructure will try and find a solution
> -- call me crazy, but I trust they care.
>
> If all else fails, sure, an alternative viable solution should be found, but
> I have the feeling it hasn't been given a fair chance.  Yes, changing habits
> is hard and annoying.  But often it's not worse once those habits are
> changed, sometimes it's even better.  Hopefully Discourse doesn't fall in
> the third category.
>
> Cheers,
> Colomban
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