Re: [PATCH] Documentation: reword information on mailing lists

[Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>]

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Valentin Gagarin <valentin@gagarin.work> writes:

>>> +List archives are served with https://public-inbox.org/README[public-inbox] and only support plain text.
>> 
>> This isn't strictly true.  We should be clearer here.
>
> Will fix.
>
>
>> I consider Hyperkitty a bit legacy, 
>> since I'd originally hoped people could post through it, but that hasn't 
>> worked out.  If it got much harder to keep running I'd probably drop it, 
>> so not sure it's worth directing people to at this point?  It's pretty 
>> clunky and doesn't even look that nice…
>
> I only put it in there because it seems to have been discussed on the 
> mailing list once in a while, and it still seems to be the case that 
> it's a more conventional reading experience for most people running into 
> Spectrum.  I suggest to either point it out and keep maintaining it, or 
> to shut it down and post a note on discuss@spectrum-os.org.  I have no 
> opinion on the outcome, I'm just trying to clarify the facts.

Hmm.  I'm not sure what to do then.  The main problem with it is that it
would make it difficult to switch away from Mailman, which I would like
to do eventually since it doesn't seem well-maintained.  (I think
Hyperkitty *can* be used for non-Mailman lists, but I've never seen it
done.)  It's unlikely I'll get to switching any time soon anyway, but
the more people get used to Hyperkitty the more difficult that would be.
It feels like the local maximum is to keep it around while we're using
Mailman for those who know it exists, without growing the set of people
who might be unhappy if it went away.

I do wish somebody would put together a prettier frontend for
public-inbox.

>>> +note: If you have the capacity to mirror the mailing list archives, please do!
>> 
>> Think this is worth the space?
> I just kept that because the previous content appeared deliberate and 
> made sense to me.  Happy to drop it, there's a link on each public-inbox 
> front page anyway.

Whoops, I missed that it was already there.  I think it's probably not
worth the space.

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