On Fri, 24 May 2013 21:15:05 +0200 Anders Logg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 08:55:13PM +0200, Jan Blechta wrote: > > On Thu, 23 May 2013 22:58:03 +0200 > > Anders Logg <[email protected]> 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. > > I agree that we need to move somewhere else if we constantly need to > worry that the questions are not suitable. Better with one single > forum (for us) where all questions are allowed. > > I don't think we should return to Launchpad and definitely not a > mailing list now that I've seen how good the StackExchange platform is > for posting and answering questions - the voting mechanism and the > other features are very well thought out.
StackExchange platform is attractive. There is a possibility to propose creation of fenics.stackexchange.com. Check http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq for details. It would simply required great participation of all involved people to prove legitimity of its existence. Jan > > -- > Anders > _______________________________________________ > fenics mailing list > [email protected] > http://fenicsproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics _______________________________________________ fenics mailing list [email protected] http://fenicsproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics
