@gnome is discontinuing its mailing list infrastructure soon, which means that we are as well.
Discussions can continue on GNOME Discourse:
https://discourse.gnome.org/tag/gimp
Reminder: GIMP is also already on pixls.us : https://discuss.pixls.us/gimp/
More on: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list/2022-October/msg00007.html
@GIMP
GIMPNet is older than Gnome, and would still keep on running. SSL certificate cost and user support is probably the biggest part that Gnome contributes, but the infrastructure is independently run.
@josemanuel @gnome
@maswan Sure. I thought about it too after I posted my answer (there is a reason why this IRC network is called "GIMPNet") but I didn't really think it was worth going into depth so I left it at that.
It was just an example basically. 😉
@RyunoKi Using a mailing list is better, because it allows for a more thoughtful, longform discussion of issues. Granted, not everybody thinks before they write, and email etiquette seems to be a lost art in 2022, but at least the tool is designed to encourage that, unlike IRC (or any other chat-like protocol), which has its uses of course, but it's more focused on informal, immediate interaction.
I never mentioned the particular software stack used, so I don't really get why you replied with that.
Discourse there has a mailing list mode.
I don't get, why you initially replied with „bad move“.
The thread here does not mention IRC at all.
@RyunoKi The GIMP account mentioned IRC (as the place where «dev discussions happen») in their reply to me:
https://floss.social/@GIMP/109184856632951058
I'm not familiar with Discourse, but what @GIMP said at the start of this thread was: «@gnome is discontinuing its mailing list infrastructure soon, which means that we are as well.» I understood that as discontinuing the use of mailing lists for development discussions/tech support. Again, check out their reply to me. They clearly state that they don't see the point of keeping a mailing list, a decision I respect, but also disagree with. That's all.
@josemanuel
Here's what I know:
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2022-October/msg00102.html
So it's kind of a forum/mailing list hybrid now.
Perhaps the wording was not perfect.
Let's see how the @GIMP community adapts.
I'm more concerned with Orca specifically.
@josemanuel We didn't really choose as we heavily rely on @gnome infrastructure (and thank them a lot for that!).
Though to be fair, our mailing lists these days are very low volume. Users ask their questions elsewhere. And most dev discussions happen on IRC, not mailing lists, these days. So I really wouldn't fight the current on such a topic (if they wanted to discontinue, say IRC, then we would likely ask them to reconsider; but mailing lists? 🤷).