-1 for deprecating the GAE google-groups On these groups we have so much discussions which are not simple Q&As. It's good if questions are also answered on Stack Overflow. But so much issues - e.g. the reoccurring bug with the null mimeType - are not Q&As which fits on Stack Overflow. Instead GAE users needs a discussion forum with good support from your Google people.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Ikai Lan <i...@google.com> wrote: > *Hi App Engine Developers, > > In the last few years, the Q&A website Stack > Overflow<http://www.stackoverflow.com/>has become an invaluable tool for > developer communities. We’re pleased to > announce that we are migrating to Stack Overflow as the official channel > for answering development questions about Google App Engine.The > google-appengine <http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine> group > will remain open for general discussions and announcements that are better > suited for the groups format. > > We believe that Stack Overflow is better platform for sharing knowledge > and answering support questions given its larger community, de-duping of > similar questions and contributor reputation system. We also expect that > App Engine developers will be able to contribute and benefit from the wider > range of language-related information not specific to App Engine. In > addition, due to Stack Overflow’s use of OpenID for account management, > developers will not need to create a new account to participate in the > discussion - developers will be able to log in with any of the identity > providers supported by Stack Overflow, including Google Accounts. > > We plan on deprecating the App Engine language-specific groups, namely > google-appengine-python<http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-python>and > google-appengine-java<http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java>. > The > google-appengine-go<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21forum/google-appengine-go>discussion > group will continue to remain open for at least as long as the > Go runtime is in experimental status. > > The Python and Java groups will be placed into read-only on March 5th, > 2012. While answering technical questions, we will begin nudging developers > to ask their questions on Stack Overflow using the google-app-engine > tag<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/google-app-engine> > . > > Please let us know if there are any questions or concerns about this > announcement. > > Happy coding! > > - Ikai Lan, on behalf of the App Engine team* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/Jf1OcUK4cF0J. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
