[Brug-talk] Mailing list or Google group

[Peter Vanbroekhoven]

Hi all,

Currently, the setup of the Google group I created is not ideal, and
that's an understatement. Alain raised this issue and suggested to go
Google group only. Before I make a decision on this, I want to ask for
everyone's opinion, because currently it's only Alain that has complained.

The options are as follows:

* Mailing list hosted at Rubyforge : provides only a mail interface,
requires you to choose a password, but works with general email
addresses. Provides archives as well.

* Google group : provides a mail interface and a web interface.
Integrates well with your Gmail account. Provides archives.

* Mailing list + Google group : The Google group becomes harder to use.
It's useless if used as a mailing list, and you need to subscribe to the
mailing list if you want to post to the Google group.

If we host our own mailing list then the password requirement can be
dropped, and we can probably sync the subscriber list with the Google
group. But I expect there will always be some kind of trouble.

I have created a poll, and you can vote here:

  http://www.doodle.ch/nm8u5bh7g3cmhtke

This is just to indicate your *preference*. If you have strong feelings
on any of these options, I urge you to voice them here.

I hope we can decide this soon. We already have around 50 people
subscribed to the mailing list, and the longer we wait, the more people
will have to move if we make a change.

Regards,
Peter Vanbroekhoven
XaoP