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Improving Community Communication

Hello all,

First all thanks on a great job with this system! It seems to integrate the basic CMS fundamentals that most people want these days, and isn't overly complicated. However, there are a few suggestions I'd like to offer on improving community interaction:

  • Mailing List(s) - Forums are great, but I think mailing lists have a better work flow as you don't have to navigate through various topics, just post and wait
  • IRC Channel - This lets users come in and ask quick questions without having to register for anything. If help is required, I know a good majority of staff members at freenode to help get a channel setup for you
  • Trac/Bugzilla - A place for users to post bugs, it also keeps things a bit more organized for developers
  • Version Control System - A version control system is nice for patches, etc to be generated, and it lets users know that what they're doing isn't going to be overwritten by some other change someplace. This can also help foster a better security audit


That's really it. If this has already been discussed (oops) and if this already exists (oops).