<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I support the idea of using a forum instead of a mailing list!<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Mit freundlichen Grüßen,</div><div><br></div>Sebastian Beer</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">Am 18.01.2022 um 03:03 schrieb Ty Mayn <tyrus.mayn@gmail.com>:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div> After study of the public viewable archives I see that discussion is more immediate on this oldfashioned Mailman listservice. Its clear to me that it is small but has some responsive leaders with knowledge.</div><div> Meanwhile the similarly named digikam Forum hosted by kde is small and more inactive. After posting there this January I resorted to answering my own posting just to be partially useful<br></div><div></div><div><a href="https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=256">https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=256</a></div><div> The energy on this list service deserves better tools.</div><div><a href="https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/">https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/</a></div><div>The archive has at least 17 years of useful knowledge zipped into 204 separate months that no newcomer (or even old user)will easily search.</div><div> Has anyone ever prepared and circulated a consolidated archive ready for global search?<br></div><div> Every posting member has their participating email exposed to weak masking that only replaces @ with "at" while the forum tools at KDE have good authentication and member shelter.</div><div> Am I the only one to have spoken on this issue? I would have to search the archives to know but I suppose each current member has a view and every pattern has inertia. Please accept this as a positive input on a good thing</div><div>Ty Mayn<br></div><div><br></div><div> <br></div></div>
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