[digiKam-users] why do I rejoin Digikam MailMan list?

irthomasthomas at gmail.com irthomasthomas at gmail.com
Tue Jan 18 10:06:57 GMT 2022


I also like this mailing list format. I think the empty forum simply
reflects the digikam user demographics and preferences. Perhaps the mailing
list promotion and onboarding can be improved instead?

Thanks to the team and everyone who contributes here.



On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, 09:59 Stuart T Rogers, <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>
wrote:

> I agree, I like the mailing list and the fact that we get responses from
> the developers on a regular basis. I also think that the mailing list
> gets better requests for information than many forums because people
> stop and think before posting a question because they know everyone on
> the list will see their update.
>
> A forum has to be policed and that takes work which the developers
> cannot spend time on, it is also far more open to abuse and spam.
>
> Stuart
>
> On 18/01/2022 08:53, Andrew Goodbody wrote:
> > I am very much against using a forum. They are slower and take more
> > effort to read.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On 18/01/2022 08:13, Jack Marxer wrote:
> >> I want to thank the digiKam developers for all the work they have done
> >> in developing and maintaining such a wonderful program!
> >>
> >> I also would like to use a forum, but I don't know if there is someone
> >> who would be willing to develop and maintain it.
> >> Jack Marxer
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 3:03 AM Ty Mayn <tyrus.mayn at gmail.com
> >> <mailto:tyrus.mayn at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>       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.
> >>          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
> >>     https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=256
> >>     <https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=256>
> >>           The energy on this list service deserves better tools.
> >>     https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/
> >>     <https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/>
> >>     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.
> >>          Has anyone ever prepared and circulated a consolidated archive
> >>     ready for global search?
> >>       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.
> >>          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
> >>     Ty Mayn
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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