Yes, there is great interest in establishing some kind of repository or forum…at least from this user. I have been thinking along similar lines for quite some time. Such things exist on the internet…the "stack overflow" (https://stackoverflow.com <https://stackoverflow.com/>) site comes to mind, but they need to be well-moderated, well-organised and well-filtered to be of any use. Maybe the meep Github repository could be enlarged to include a branch for such activity…maybe not. Any knowledgeable comments or suggestions would be most welcome.
John Weiner > On 16 Oct 2018, at 07:13, Bukowsky, Colton R. <c...@caltech.edu> wrote: > > All, > > Is there any interest in a community repository, where users can post scripts > that work for them, helper functions, strategies, specific photonics problem > objectives and solutions, Jupyter notebooks, and even scripts from users that > have published work using MEEP. This could augment the tutorials in the docs > and [simpetus](http://simpetus.com/projects.html > <http://simpetus.com/projects.html>). > > The docs are really great, but as user projects get more complicated its > unreasonable to expect the doc tutorials to touch on everything. In > particular, I've found there is a gap in moving from 2D to 3D simulations and > the specific nuances involved. A repository of user examples might avoid some > confusions/questions. > > There is this mail list, but it seems it is oriented towards specific problem > solving rather than sharing. Still, a lot of emails go unanswered, perhaps > users just aren't knowledgeable enough or large enough in numbers. Also, the > internet has moved on to better formats (wikis, forums, stackexchange). There > is also the Github issue system, yet that was intended to facilitate code > bugs/issues so that the devs can more effectively prioritize those. A > stackexchange+wiki seems like it would be amazing, yet there is a barrier to > starting one; there are open source alternatives > <https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/37953>. > > Has this been considered? What reasons would there be against this? The main > con I can see is "who would maintain such a repository?". The devs likely > have enough on their hands. Thanks. > > -Colton Bukowsky > _______________________________________________ > meep-discuss mailing list > meep-discuss@ab-initio.mit.edu > http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss
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