stackexchange is somewhat fashionable nowadays, and for good reasons indeed. Plus also, there's no need to remove the old questions from launchpad (is it?).
--Nico On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Anders Logg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
