Sounds like something to discuss in detail at DrupalCon Chicago and
develop an action plan for. :-)
--Larry Garfield
On 1/31/11 5:37 PM, Randy Fay wrote:
I don't think we can delegate any part of Drupal to something we don't
control; I think that's just a non-starter.
So for me, the issue is what we can learn from StackOverflow and friends
- they do great stuff and end up with great content. And yes, I think we
should build something on that.
Who is signing up to build it? I think it's an easy sell.
-Randy
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Dan Horning <dan.horn...@planetnoc.com
<mailto:dan.horn...@planetnoc.com>> wrote:
i have to ask ... what would we actually gain by doing this -
cleanup the various methods for finding info about a given module or
theme or bug a little and we far surpass this suggested tool
it seems that stackoverflow is driven very highly on userpoints to
control access - which while a good thing - doesn't really fit the
development model we have here. there are existing processes that
would have to change to fit the suggested model. I for one am more
for peer reviews and leadership staff assigning access than a points
system that someone could rack up points and just get access ...
what's that really do for the community - seems that would be great
if we were just a tech help forum - awarding points for the users
that help and giving them more access - but what's that do for
drupal and it's community? (i know there is a potential for this to
help ...)
another area of issue to me is - another login ? or would it use SSO?
do the drupal leadership users and dries have admin level control...?
mostly here i just don't get what adding yet another resource (like
has been said before) would do to help the lead devs, module + theme
devs and just supporting drupal. if i had say -=- i'd vote against
this idea
--
Dan Horning
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Victor Kane" <victork...@gmail.com
<mailto:victork...@gmail.com>>
> To: development@drupal.org <mailto:development@drupal.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:01:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [development] Drupal Answers: A
Stackoverflow/StackExchange site proposal
> I guess this is a good place to start:
> http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Victor Kane <
victork...@gmail.com <mailto:victork...@gmail.com> >
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Josh Koenig <
j...@getpantheon.com <mailto:j...@getpantheon.com> >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Stew,
>
>
> Thanks for starting this thread. This is important stuff:
>
>
>
> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/2978/drupal-answers
>
> I want to put my support behind this proposal and explain my thinking
> in doing so.
>
>
> The Drupal community is already growing faster than Drupal's
> infrastructure can easily support. With the release of D7 and all the
> other associated projects getting off the ground, drupal.org
<http://drupal.org> is
> increasingly often a bottleneck or blocker. We have wonderful hosts
> from OSUOSL, but the human resources needed to develop, maintain and
> manage our own infrastructure (which is a 24x7x365 job) are limited.
>
>
> We have to pick our battles. I much would rather see energy, effort,
> attention and money poured into continuing to improve our git and
> module infrastructure — which is much more deeply intrinsic to the
> health and future of the project — and accept that even though we
> *can* build our own StackOverflow (@eaton proved this already) that
> doesn't necessarily mean it's the best use of limited resources, or
> the best thing for the project.
>
>
> Drupal can theoretically/technically solve a lot of its own problems,
> but I think we often suffer from a "not built here" prejudice as a
> result. In the realm of getting good quality answers to Drupal
> questions out to the most people possible, I can't see how a
> StackExchange site would do anything but help. I would love to
see the
> community embrace something really cool and useful from the wider
> Internet as a way to promote the project.
>
>
>
>
> You make a convincing argument Josh; my own gut feeling has been,
> reading this thread, "how can we delegate something so important to
> the Drupal Community as its own documentation to another party
who may
> or may not exist in the near/medium/long term".
>
>
> Can someone inform somewhat on who these guys are? And why there and
> not someplace else?
>
>
> Victor
>
>
>
>
>
> Finally, I should say that I *do not* think a StackExchange answers
> site replaces anything. It's not an issue queue, and it's not a
> replacement for the dialogue that exist in the forums. I would say
> it's a new resource, something that can help the 10s of 1000s of
> people who will be trying to wrap their mind around Drupal in the
> coming year.
>
>
> Cheers
> -josh
--
Randy Fay
Drupal Module and Site Development
ra...@randyfay.com <mailto:ra...@randyfay.com>
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