Paul McCulloch wrote: > Is it my imagination or are the number of downright lazy requests to > this list getting worse? > > If the only replies any lazy questions ever got was > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html then maybe people > would get the point. Has anyone got any other ideas about how we can > educe the amount of lazy and totally off-topic posts to the list?
Welcome to the darkside of being the world's most popular web application framework. :)
IMHO, the very best way to handle easy questions is with a link to the answer.
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> Where can I download Struts?
http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/acquiring.html
HTH, Ted.
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> Struts setup and IDE?
http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/installation.html
http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?StrutsMyFavoriteIDE
HTH, Ted.
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Simple, efficient, and to the point. Once you've pointed them at once answers, perhaps they can start finding the others on their own :)
If the answer doesn't exist as a link, a very good approach would be to create a wiki page and then link to that. Like bugzilla, the wiki is open to all comers. You don't have to be a Committer to post.
http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?StrutsProjectPages
For questions not directly related to Struts, one of the links on the preface page will usually be on task:
http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/preface.html
HTH, Ted.
-- Ted Husted, Junit in Action - <http://www.manning.com/massol/>, Struts in Action - <http://husted.com/struts/book.html>, JSP Site Design - <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1861005512>.
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