[Bug 757543] [SUGGESTION] Add forums.gnome.org, using the awesome Discourse software.

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     Olav Vitters
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Comment # 6 on bug 757543 from Olav Vitters

Auto upgrading is not a good thing.

Looked at it briefly, it heavily focusses on being a forum software. Not so
much on being software meant as a mailing list. I do like the mobile focus, but
some forum features are actually bad.

It seems interesting anyway, but need to know more if:
* Could it replace mailman?
* Can it do topics within a mailing list (commits-list uses this)?
* Does it send out sane emails (plain text)?
* Could you review patches without it messing with the layout?
* How does it deal with text that should be shown fixed width?
* In the "mailing list" replacement, does it limit who can email?
* Can you download an archive of the messages as "mbox"?
* Can it handle threading?
* Can it handle a 250+ threaded discussion with multiple people talking about
different items? It seems to fail in this.
* How does it deal with changed subjects topic1 -> topic2 (was: topic1)
* Can it show a proper overview of the thread?

Stuff like above are basic expectations. Forum software often is pretty
terrible to host large discussions. Often just focusses on one discussion at a
time. People usually have sub-threads, etc. Something new should focus on
enabling that, not to mimic what other forum software does.

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