On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 03:14:42PM +0100, Jan Blechta wrote: > On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:02:20 +0100 > Anders Logg <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 09:32:42AM +0000, Florian Rathgeber wrote: > > > On 27/03/13 20:37, Anders Logg wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 09:10:48PM +0100, Nico Schlömer wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > > > >> > > > >> when asking questions about FEniCS/Dolfin, is it still > > > >> recommended to use Launchpad or can we already switch to > > > >> stackexchange, i.e., are you guys already watching the > > > >> fenics-tagged questions coming in over there? > > > > > > > > I suggest we wait until we've converted the repositories, then > > > > after that focus on moving the questions over to stackexchange. > > > > > > Why not encourage to start asking questions over there already? > > > StackExchange is about critical mass, so people will feel more > > > comfortable using it when they're not the first to ask a question. > > > > I think we should focus on one thing at a time. We're still discussing > > how to convert the code. Moving over to stackexchange is a bit more > > involved than just moving there. We need to update the web page with > > some good instructions for how to post questions on stackexchange > > (with links to stackexchange guidelines) and some instructive examples > > on what to post there and what not to post there. I imagine we will > > have another thread on that in a week or so. > > > > > You're not planning to actually migrate the questions from > > > answers.launchpad.net to scicomp, are you? > > > > No. We start over fresh, just as with the git branch(es). :-) > > Actually what is the reason not to keep questions (and possibly bug > management) on launchpad? Does it work poorly? DOLFIN has huge question > base and launchpad web UI suggest to user questions related to his > problem before actually posting it. Perhapse it would save many > recurrent questions when starting from scratch on stackexchange.
The stackexchange system is even better suited for this. Questions and answers can be voted up and down + other features not available on Launchpad. And stackexchange seems to be a much more vibrant community. -- Anders _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
