RE: [PEAR] English PEAR Forum

Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Neufeind [mailto:stefan@neufeind.net] > > Do we have volunteers for forum-administration? I think we would need > at least two imho for each language. We've already talked about that As I'm working with PEAR classes on a daily basis in a paid job, I'm willing to loiter on the forum to make sure its kept ticking over. Obviously it would be good to get further support, maybe from people who have more knowledge with certain packages could look after the specific package forum. > maybe a forum on the official PEAR-website with per-language-forums > could function as a replacement for "branch-off"-projects like pear- > forum.de. The users would imho greatly benefit. Although multiple languages is nice for the world, it would mean that duplicate discussions are carried out. As far as I am aware the pear-general mailing list is only available in English currently and still gets enough traffic. > However, since there is already so much work on packages, docs etc. > to do I wonder if it's worth to even dedicate people to "fulltime" > forum-administration. Yes, I think its important not to side track core PEAR developers with more hassle. The lack of documentation for some packages is more important - but I think a nice browseable (and indexed by Google) Forum can complement the documentation for each class. I would suggest a separate forum for each package, so each package webpage could have adirect link to the relevant support forum too. A nice integrated approach to the existing PEAR website. > And keep in mind: It won't make things easier if devs have to read in > several mailinglists *and* a forum to keep track. So maybe a > webinterface to the mailinglists would be a more complete solution? I > know there are mailinglist-archives around. But it might be easier > for new people to read the discussions when it's available on > pear.php.net, in PEAR-layout etc. In some ways that is like Google Groups does for the newsgroups? As long as the PEAR-Group where hapy about the quality of the forum setup I'm sure it would be acceptable to keep a 'brand' acros to he forums, same colour, layout, logo etc. I noticed the German PEAR forum looks rather, hmm, different. Regards, - Mike C. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________