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== A forum? == |
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People have been [http://openhatch.org/bugs/issue90 asking] [http://openhatch.org/bugs/issue74 for] a web forum. It could provide the following benefits: |
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* People could chat among themselves and figure out their ''own'' ideas for making open source a more fun place. |
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** In general, it would help people have more ''conversations'' on the OpenHatch site. So as a group, we could discuss neat game-mechanics ideas, that sort of thing. |
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* People could discuss their problems getting involved with projects. |
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** People could say, "Hey, I found this bitesize bug and got stuck -- what do I do next?" and have a decent chance of someone answering. |
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It would have the following costs: |
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* We'd have to maintain a forum. |
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* People will flame us and say that mailing lists are the answer to all of life's problems. |
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== Okay, so which forum? == |
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=== Vanilla Forum === |
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* Pros: |
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** Looks friendly by default |
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** Nice, friendly, lightweight look |
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** Decent story for user integration with Django |
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** Could run it on a different web server, etc., since it's not Django |
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** Mature forum software, presumably with features and stability |
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* Can generate an RSS feed for a forum |
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* Cons: |
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** Since it's not Django, we'd have to try harder to maintain skinning |
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** If we want to incorporate Vanilla items into the front page activity feed, we'd have to try harder. |
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** No mailing list integration |
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=== DjangoBB === |
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* Pros: |
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** Looks like nicest Django web forum |
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* Cons: |
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** Would have to run it on the main server, meaning it could worsen load problems |
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=== FUDForum === |
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* Pros: |
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** Email list integration! |
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* Can generate an RSS feed for a forum |
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* Cons: |
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** Ugly by default (but it's actually quite skinnable) |
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=== Phorum === |
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* Pros: |
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** Email list integration. Use two addon modules: |
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** http://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?62,140380 and http://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?62,129244,129244#msg-129244 |
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