Good morning, I just wanted to say that I think a communication 'thing' is complicated.
While developing - IRC is great, but what if you spend most of your time programming during the day in the Southern hemisphere. When wanting a general question/answer, still nothing beats an email list with a good archive. In theory forums are slightly more structured mail lists, e.g. they have groups (forums) and you have to consciously start a new topic or note. So they seem become organised. I have to say that I personally don't use forums much. Then there is QA type systems (similar to Stackoverflow). Then there is WIKI for long term information. A wiki is ideal for users to find problems and answers. Far better than a forum, QA, or mail list. BUT it lacks an easy ability to add questions - if I create a page along the lines of "How do I use a Unix Serial Port" then how do we know it is there to answer. In conclusion. I really don't know. I would prefer Mail list and Wiki and IRC for instant development stuff, but find that in practice we don't get people updating the wiki enough after a question is answered in the mail list. Good luck. Scott ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
