Hi Friends,
        As I mentioned a couple of months ago, I've lost my patience over this
whole "new forum" issue.

        I've been given the impression that we're (as a community) going back
into limbo with the forum situation, and holding our breath that there are no
more black eyes resulting from the lack of (effective) management of
InkscapeForum.com.

        I don't understand why.  Why risk yet another black eye?  Do most people
just not realize everything that's happened due to the lack of effective
management, over the years?  Or everything that could still happen?  Shall I
elaborate?  Or maybe most people just don't care, since they don't use forums
anyway?

        What yet needs to be done to make the new forum live and close the old
one?  To me, it has all the features it needs.  As far as I know, the only thing
that's still needed is load testing (lots of users at the same time).

        If we can start it within 6 months, I'd like to propose that we make a
concrete plan (as much as possible, given that this community doesn't function
well with deadlines).  Of course I'd be glad to help create such a plan.

        If it requires more than 6 months more work, I would propose installing
a php forum (SMF or phpBB) and start it right away.  Then some day, if the
Django-integrated forum is ever ready, we can switch over to it.

        Thanks for any clarity on this issue.

All best,
brynn




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