On Friday, 24 May 2013, Jan Blechta wrote:

> On Thu, 23 May 2013 22:58:03 +0200
> Anders Logg <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:24:45PM +0200, Nico Schlömer wrote:
> > >    Not everyone seems to be too happy with FEniCS on scicomp, you
> > > may also want to provide feedback:
> > >    [1]
> http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/353/thoughts-comment
> > >    s-and-reactions-about-the-fenics-experiment
> > >    --Nico
> >
> > Thanks for the pointer, I hadn't seen this - the meta page was not in
> > my feed.
> >
> > I'd like to take this opportunity to remind all FEniCS developers and
> > power users to take an active part in answering questions on
> > StackExchange. Please consider answering both FEniCS specific
> > questions and take an active part in the wider scicomp.stackexchange
> > community. Only a few people seem to have found their way there so
> > far.
> >
> > We used to get emails whenever someone posted a question on
> > Launchpad. This doesn't happen with StackExchange, so developers and
> > users must find a way to monitor the stream of questions. I use the
> > "RSS Feed Reader" plugin for Chromium that Garth recommended a while
> > back. I find it very useful. I can easily check for new posts by
> > clicking a small button in my browser and I get popup notifications
> > for new posts. Try it!
> >
> > And please look at the worries expressed by one of the moderators at
> > StackExchange:
> >
> >   http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/353/thoughts-comment
> >
> > and think about how we can make a better impression on StackExchange.
>
> Discussion which FEniCS questions are appropriate on scicomp is still
> running, but in the case that large portion of them will need to be
> redirected elsewhere, it would be worth considering returning to
> launchpad with questions, I think. From user point of view it is now
> quite complicated algorithm how to dispatch question. On launchpad it
> was quite simple and good-working. I guess it is also more motivating
> users to search old questions than mailing-list solution.
>
> Jan


I agree with this. But I think we should have fewer lists than before.

Kent



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