Re: Archiving the f-spot mailing list and possible Discourse usage

[Jack <ostroffjh users sourceforge net>]

As a long time user of f-spot, I support the migration from the mailing  
list to Discourse.  I also use the gitter channel, but do not consider  
it a replacement or substitute for list/Discourse.  It may just be a  
matter of perspective, but they get used for different types of  
messages.  The list may have been rather inactive lately, other than  
github notifications, but I think that is because activity on the  
project has been somewhat limited.  There IS a slow but dedicated  
effort to bring f-spot back to active use, so I do think it worth the  
effort of activating Discourse for it's use.

Jack


On 2020.10.30 15:51, Olav Vitters via f-spot-list wrote:
> Dear subscribers,
>
> Please cc me on replies at ovitters gmail com.
>
> We've set up https://discourse.gnome.org a year and a half ago, as  
> part of
> an attempt at making the GTK mailing list more friendly to newcomers.  
> This
> experiment seems to have proven itself well enough, and has since  
> expanded
> to other territories as well. As such, we believe it is time to make  
> the
> same switch for most of our mailing lists.
>
> This means that this mailing list will be archived in favour of  
> continued
> discussion at GNOME's Discourse instance. No need to worry that this  
> will
> mess with your workflow: it is still possible to get notifications by  
> email
> by subscribing to the appropriate tags and/or posts. You can also  
> still
> reply by e-mail if you prefer. Just like before, it's also possible to
> receive a general weekly digest.
>
> The proposed closure of this mailing list will be on: Nov 29th, 2020
>
> As a subscriber of this mailing list please create an account on
> https://discourse.gnome.org/. It's unfortunately not possible to
> automatically migrate the existing subscribers to Discourse. In case  
> you
> wonder what will happen to the current mailing list after the closure  
> date:
> the archives will remain public though you won't be able to subscribe  
> or
> send emails to the current list.
>
> For https://mail.gnome.org/archives/f-spot-list/ the new discussions  
> would
> take place in the Applications category on Discourse using the  
> 'f-spot' tag.
> NOTE: I noticed f-spot uses Gitter chat and does not currently have  
> any
> reference to the f-spot mailing list. The intention is to create an  
> f-spot
> tag, but if there is no need we could also skip that step and just  
> archive
> the f-spot mailing list.
>
> For further information on Discourse, please see the following topics:
>
> https://discourse.gnome.org/t/interacting-with-discourse-via-email/46
> https://discourse.gnome.org/t/tags-and-watching/94
>
> Finally, feel welcome to say hi by introducing yourself over at
> https://discourse.gnome.org/t/say-hello-thread/ !
>
> On behalf of the Discourse migration volunteers.
>
> Cheers,
> Olav