On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:21:43 +0100 Nico Schlömer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?).
Of course, but I guess users will be too lazy to search in abondoned launchapad before posting to stackexchange:) > > --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
