Trapexit should continue to web-interface mailing list archives though, I think. Quite often there is a need to see a previous discussion or a solution posted to a problem way back.<br><br>The mailing list should remain a mailing list, I think (anyway, few real newbies know what a mailing list is, anyway). However, I like the idea of setting a group just for newbies (like think-erlang, or a sub-forum on trapexit, maybe). Becaues the questions like packaging and distributing Erlang applications, beginner questions about OTP, [rocesses, pattern matching, list comprehension etc. etc. will inevitably appear again and again as the community (hopefully) continues to grow.
<br><br>I like the idea of hosting a separate newbie forum thread on trapexit, because it will be easy for a person to move from a newbie forum to a grown-up forum after mastering the beginnings of Erlang.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 8/31/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chandru</b> <<a href="mailto:chandrashekhar.mullaparthi@gmail.com">chandrashekhar.mullaparthi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>On 30/08/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joe Armstrong (TN/EAB)</b> <<a href="mailto:joe.armstrong@ericsson.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">joe.armstrong@ericsson.com</a>
> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><div><br><snip> <br></div></div><div><span class="q">
<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I think it is time to migrate to a forum and make a finer sub-division<br>of<br>the lists.
<br><br> The best alternative seems to be <a href="http://forum.trapexit.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://forum.trapexit.org/</a></blockquote></span></div><div><div><br>
I think <a href="http://trapexit.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">trapexit.org</a> should be used for putting up tutorials, news etc. and we should leave the erlang mailing list as it is. Forums have never worked for me. Google mail/groups have perfected the art of presenting email and newsgroups - it would be a shame to not use it and be stuck with a phpBB style interface.
<br><br>Chandru<br><br></div><br></div>
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