[ODE] Forum debate

[ttl0 at aber.ac.uk]

Oh yeah I have seen that repository. But like someone else had said. Its
not really usable. I have to click 30 times to download everything. Unzip
it ... etc. etc. Its not user freindly whereas a forum would be


>> I would prefer a forum. And if a hybrid approach is reletively easy to
>> implement then why not?
>> I have been using ODE for a little while but I didn't sign up to the
>> mailing list for quite a while becuase it annoys me getting so much
>> clutter in my inbox when I am not currently interested in what is going
>> on. True I could subscribe on and off but I would rather there was an
>> easy
>> to browse online repository that I could use instead at my leasure.
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> There already is such a repository:
> http://q12.org/pipermail/ode/
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> My personal preference is also to keep things simple. If ODE discussion
> does move to a web-based forum, I suggest we keep emoticons, image
> signatures, and other assorted gimmickry out. And receiving the messages
> in a mailing list should always be an available option.
>
> -Chris
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