Hi, Sure no problem I was just polling some opinions and past experiences. We'll have to see what works out best.
Thanks. On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Julien Nioche < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Is there any experience with using stackoverflow or stackexchange for >> solving user problems? Such a system might come in handy for frequently >> asked questions. >> > > We have a specific page on the website for FAQs, a Wiki and a mailing list > archive. In many cases people ask on the user list before reading the > tutorial or even googling their problem. Moreover I don't think > Stackoverflow could be an official communication channel for an Apache > project. > > > >> Note that users already tend to post questions to stackoverflow about >> Nutch: >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nutch >> >> > yep, and in many cases the same people have already asked the same > question on user@ ;-) > I still don't understand why you'd ask a question about such a specific > resource as Nutch on stackoverflow when there is a searchable mailing list > specifically for the project. From what I've seen there - most questions > would have been solved by simply reading the existing Wiki pages or > googling it. > > What about a dedicated stackexchange, something like 'web crawling'? >> > > we already have a Q&A page and a Wiki - these can be improved if > necessary. Having yet another resource to take care of would simply mean > more hassle, we are already quite stretched as there aren't many active > contributors. > > Feel free to disagree > > Julien > > > > > > -- > * > *Open Source Solutions for Text Engineering > > http://digitalpebble.blogspot.com/ > http://www.digitalpebble.com > http://twitter.com/digitalpebble > >
