[Compcomm] A possible forum merge proposal

[Sam Spilsbury]

Um. Your argument fails in 2 ways

Firstly, vB was only up for 2 days because_you_took_it_down and phpBB3 has
been out for longer

Secondly, NOBODY_knew_about_vB. The announcement of the new forum took place
after phpBB came up....

On 4/26/07, nesl247 <nesl247 at beryl-project.org> wrote:
>
> I guess phpBB wins? vB was up for like 2 days, phpBB3 was too, and
> already has numerous users...
>
> Remember folks, I'm the one who has setup the forums TWICE already.
> It's not like it only takes 5 minutes. Takes me a few hours each time.
>
> On 4/26/07, Stephen Moore <delfick755 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > i like this idea :D
> >
> >
> > On 4/26/07, Sam Spilsbury <smspillaz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > You just started a phpBB vs vB discussion
> > >
> > > Maybe this is better. We could have a trial period where both boards
> are
> > in place and since they can be converted, we can sync the two forums
> every
> > day for the next 2 weeks or so. The forum that has the least problems
> and
> > most usage is the one we will use.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/26/07, Will Farrington <kalmwave at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm sorry, but I have better things to do than waste needless hours
> > > > hacking on the source of a phpBB3 board when the same and more can
> be
> > > > done with far less effort in vBulletin.
> > > >
> > > > Count me out - I'm tired of all this shit in general. Rather than
> > > > concentrating on schoolwork or doing work I get _paid_ for, I was
> > > > offering my time to a project I thought worthwhile. Clearly I was
> wrong
> > > > in doing so.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 03:40 +0200, Dennis Kasprzyk wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I think this could be a solution that would make most of us happy.
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Import the Beryl forum into a Section of a clean vBulletin
> forum.
> > > > > 2. Import the Compiz forum into a Section of the vBulletin forum.
> > > > > 3. Create a phpbb3 forum out of the vBulletin forum with the vB
> > converter.
> > > > > 4. The new forum would have 2 readonly sections (Old Beryl forum /
> Old
> > Compiz
> > > > > forum)
> > > > > 5. We can move a thread to a read write section of the new forum,
> if
> > someone
> > > > > of us finds a thread that would be also usefull in the new forum
> or if
> > we get
> > > > > a request to do it.
> > > > >
> > > > > With this solution we could shutdown the old forums, because
> > everything would
> > > > > be still accessible in the new forum. I know this means a lot of
> work,
> > but it
> > > > > could work ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > PLEASE don't start the phpbb3 vs. vB discussion here. Let's
> > concentrate here
> > > > > what to do with the content.
> > > > >
> > > > > Dennis
> > > > >
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