I vote for creating a julia-tangents group. On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Stefan Karpinski <ste...@karpinski.org> wrote:
> I think that julia-users is ok as a it's been used, although some of the > discussions can get a bit long and tangential (case in point). I've been > contemplating creating a julia-help list that is more specifically for > people have problems or confusion. Kind of waiting to see if we decide to > switch to some other kind of forum first. > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Tim Holy <tim.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >
