On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Evan<eapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Andrew SB <a.star...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Evan R. Murphy<evanrmur...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I would propose that we have a better metric for selecting the best >> >> answer, in that the person posing the question could select the >> >> answer that fixed the problem for them, again this ties in with the >> >> task orientated nature of this approach. A question like "how do i get >> >> the audio level to persist on my aspire one" would generally solicit a >> >> number of answers, but only if the answer fixes the problem for the >> >> questioner should it be chosen as the best answer. >> >> [...] >> > >> > I like this. So maybe a rating system more along the lines of, "Did >> > this answer fix your problem?", instead of, "Digg it". >> >> Some thoughts: >> >> This sounds just like Launchpad Answers to me. How would the idea >> you're talking about differ? >> >> What could we do to encourage more people to use LP Answers? >> >> What does it lack, or is it simply a matter of promotion / awareness? > > I've been subscribed to this list and filing bugs for over a year now, and I > hadn't even heard of Launchpad Answers before now. Maybe I live under a > rock, but I think promotion / awareness would go a long way. >
Check it out. Click on the Answers tab in Launchpad. It can be used by distros, packages, or projects. EG: Distributions: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu Specific packages: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org Upstream projects: https://answers.launchpad.net/awn-extras Honestly, I find using it for Ubuntu as a whole a bit overwhelming, and I don't really pitch in much there. But I try to keep up with it for specific packages I maintain and upstream projects I work on. Maybe a good start could be getting http://www.ubuntu.com/support and http://www.ubuntu.com/support/communitysupport to feature it more prominently. But really, it's only as helpfully as the people tracking it and providing answers... - Andrew -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss