[syslinux] Web Forum for SysLinux

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 07/31/2009 12:50 PM, Miller, Shao wrote:
> Regarding web forums at Boot-Land versus this mailing list for
> discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa:
> 
> The original request was not really a matter to vote about, as in, there
> is zero consideration for removing the mailing list and switching to web
> forums; there's no switch involved.  Nuno Brito hosts a popular web
> forum site for discussion of booting computers and other crazy things.
> He merely asked if his Syslinux-specific area could be an "official"
> one.
> 
> While this mailing list and the Syslinux web site itself are official,
> Nuno is quite right in that Syslinux' scope of audience is increased by
> a sanctioned discussion forum at Boot-Land.
> 
> I personally don't think that an official web forum would belong
> anywhere but the Syslinux web site, and it's not happening, so an
> "unofficial" one hosted by Boot-Land, perhaps with links from the
> official Syslinux web site, seems to be the next best thing.
> 
> There's really nothing to vote about, unless you're voting to request
> that Nuno _not_ host a Syslinux forum, which would seem silly to me.
> Maybe I'm wrong and this actually _is_ a vote to switch from mailing
> list to web forum?  If so, I missed when it started, and I vote for both
> without any switch, since it's not costing anything...
> 

Well, there is a cost, and one of the costs is that I don't have time to
monitor a webforum, so I'd have to depend on other people to do it.
However, that's pretty much *already* the case, since there is active
discussions on Bootland.  It's probably better to concentrate the
webforum traffic to Bootland rather than having it spread to a bunch of
walled gardens all over the web.

I truly do hate the concept of webforums, though.  It's like Usenet only
without the good parts.

	-hpa