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I am currently looking into streamlining the various discussion
forums we have for the RDF4J project. Coming, as we do, from an
existing project, we have existing user fora that (after a rename)
we would like to continue using. We have an existing developer list, as well as a user community
list. Both are Google Groups - which is a format that seems to fit
us as well as it allows both mailinglist and "web forum" access,
and has a very good archive-search feature. During Eclipse project initiation, the webmaster created the standard new fora for us to use: the rdf4j-dev mailinglist, and the RDF4J web forum at https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/f/316/ . My question is: is there any preference from within the Eclipse
community to switch to these new fora, or can we (as is our
current preference) continue using our existing groups? Are there
any advantages that I may be overlooking to switch to these? If I can continue using the exisiting groups, what should I do with the newly created ones? Redirect? Or ask the webmaster to shut them down again? Regards, Jeen
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