[erglkjahlkh]

I am not sure about modernizing. I am all for developing core applications like mailman, but I fail to see great value in this piece of execution.

Post voting is bad for fact oriented discussions, popularity is a poor indicator for the value of a post. The user interface is cramped, and hides too much of valuable information I would expect to see instantly. Also, the looks are from previous decade (looks like sf.net clone to me) and not very aesthetic.

Sure, this might be a step forward nevertheless, but it is a really small one.

[JoshTriplett]

As far as I know, those are configurable features; I'd expect any FOSS project mailing list to turn them off.

One of the goals of mailman is that the same software should be able to handle either a mailing list or a forum, so that people who want the UI of a forum can collaborate with people who want to live in mutt.

[andrewstuart2]

To me the huge step here is the RESTful API, assuming it is indeed RESTful. Having access to data that's structured naturally and less like a full-on layout document (HTML) means that any developer can trivially grab the underlying data and do whatever they want with it.

[andrewstuart]

You again! My alter ego. I've actually been doing quite alot of development against the Mailman 3 REST API. It's well thought out and works nicely.