On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 09:43:49PM +0200, Jan Blechta wrote: > 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.
Yes, I've actually thought about this option. It would be a very good platform for us, we could define our own labels (installation, boundary conditions, cfd, ufl, python, c++ etc) and would not need to worry about questions that don't fit it. The challenge will be to meet the criteria. They seem to be quite high. We could probably meet the necessary volume (say 10 new questions per day), get a good answer rate (say 90%) and such. But I wonder if we can get the required number of users and superusers. See here for some data on what's recommended and how well scicomp.stackexchange does in those categories: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/28815/computational-science -- Anders _______________________________________________ fenics mailing list [email protected] http://fenicsproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics
