This isn't a "software project" it's a "software product". Not everyone interested in TextMate wants to hack on it.
Also note that the people "voting" on this topic are self-selected to be pro-mailing list since the pro-forum folks have given up OR are using a different product.
Mailing list says "pre-web mentality".
You're right, you don't need "another account" to use a mailing list, you just need to vomit a spurious copy of the entire thing into your most important account. That's like saying you don't need a library card if you're willing to build on an annex to your house and have a dumpster load of books stuck in it every day.
Chris Rebert wrote:
Yeah, generally most software projects use mailinglists rather than forums. It's probably mostly tradition, but it's also much easier to follow other people's threads on a mailinglist than on a forum. And you don't have to create yet another account and come up with a username for the forum.
-1 from me.
- Chris