Moving discussions to GitHub?

[Philip Race]

I am not sure that openjfx as an openjdk sponsored project can 
unilaterally decide this.
Nor sure that it makes sense either to be different.
And I've not felt the same disconnection you cite or have any idea why
this would be better or even match how we work.


-phil.

On 8/19/21 5:50 PM, Michael Strauß wrote:
> With the GitHub Discussions feature now out of beta*, I'd like to
> start a conversation on whether it could be a good idea for the
> OpenJFX project to embrace it as the primary place to discuss and
> interact with the broader community.
>
> While I understand that mailing lists have a long tradition with
> OpenJDK projects, I feel that they are not a great tool for building
> and maintaining a community. It's pretty hard to search archived mails
> and find relevant information or past discussions. Sure, you can do
> it, but it's not very inviting and accessible.
>
> It also seems to me that the mailing list is very disconnected from
> the people actually using OpenJFX. Since most people already are on
> GitHub, and most people interested in OpenJFX will find its GitHub
> repository, it would also seem to be the most logical place to invite
> people into the community and join our discussions.
>
> After all, growing and maintaining a community is fundamental for
> every open-source project to remain relevant.
>
> * https://github.blog/2021-08-17-github-discussions-out-of-beta