Okay it has been a month and the discourse GeoServer / user list is working, not exactly as planned, but working.
Folks have been having trouble posting a new topic:
a) often getting the top-level GeoServer category
b) not managing to join the geoserver group. This was an unexpected requirement as I had expected a public forum, with the group only required for “mailing list” email access
Notifications are not really an email list replacement:
c) Email notifications are only sent when you are not logged into the website (they are notifications, not a subscription) - disappointing but functional.
With this in mind SAC has made it into a public forum (no group required):
Hi Jody,
some hiccups when trying out something new are part of the game.
It seems that problems are being dealt with right? If there is no blocker, let’s move on.
If anything, one observation… the geoserver user support page goes to great lengths
to provide all the details, but if one just wants to ask a question… the link to the
user forum seems hard to find.
It’s actually the first one in the procedure to sign-in, but if sign-in is not required anymore,
having a “this is the user forum” link featuring prominently at the top could be a good idea.
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Regards,
Andrea Aime
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