While I do tune out some of the long discussions, there's also a subset that I find quite engaging. I would hate it if julia-users just became about short requests for help installing a package or fixing a performance problem---there would be little to keep the interest of people who've been there, done that.
Best, --Tim On Thursday, September 17, 2015 07:36:22 PM Mike Innes wrote: > I'm not necessarily saying google groups is fundamentally bad for > discussion, e.g. if you set up a daily digest and such, just that for most > people here it's not the expectation. For the most part every email you > send to -users ends up in the inbox of every Julia dev and many more in the > community. That's a great set up for getting fast feedback and help from > the right person, but it's much less convenient when there's a lot of > back-and-forth between a subset of users. > > But I take your point – we could use more guidelines about what the > expectations actually are, as well as alternatives for people who want to > have those kinds of discussions. > > On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 at 20:09 Daniel Carrera <dcarr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 17 September 2015 at 17:33, Mike Innes <mike.j.in...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Quick meta-note about this thread: I think it's important to emphasise > >> that the julia-users list isn't designed to handle this kind of > >> open-ended > >> discussion. It's not that discussion is bad per se, but this list has a > >> lot > >> of subscribers who are mostly interested in sharply-focused technical > >> issues – usually announcements or giving and receiving help. Topics that > >> involve, say, debating the merits of various technologies are better > >> suited > >> to platforms such as reddit with features like comment threads for > >> tangents, more focused notifications for other users, etc. > > > > I don't agree. A Google group is well designed for open-ended discussion. > > I receive a daily digest, where I can scan topics and subscribe only to > > the > > ones that I find interesting. Also, the Julia community page does not > > recommend any other forum for general discussion besides the users group. > > Nor have am I aware of any official policy that when threads reach some > > number of posts the participants are expected to relocate to Reddit. When > > the time comes, and a new group is made for open-ended discussion about > > Julia, I will be happy to subscribe to that group. > > > > Just my two cents. > > > > Cheers, > > Daniel.
