On 16. 7. 2012., at 11:00, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
>>> Setting up a Q&A system is probably a good way to ensure questions posted
>>> there remain unnoticed and unanswered.
>>
>> The traditional way for Q&A is/was that someone collects a FAQ document and
>> posts it every month to the mailing list.
>>
> The problem is that "someone" doesn't exist, thus things get outdated.
> Abram's idea is thus a system that is more collaboratively based where the
> answers get collected automatically.
What about simply searching for old discussions and answers?
For example:
http://www.google.com/search?q=nsopenglview+inurl:+lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnustep/
or, even better:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topicsearchin/gnu.gnustep.discuss/group:gnu.gnustep.discuss$20AND$20nsopenglview
:-)
Also, since being subscribed to the lists, I haven't exactly seen a flood of
duplicate questions that would actually require a FAQ.
So, generally, if someone wishes a question answered, I'd suggest it's posted
here, answered, and (if repeated) we can refer the person to the post in the
archives. Only if a set of questions gets repeated too often, we can set up an
FAQ document filled with these.
So, as I said, setting up an entire StackOverflow-like site seems like an
overkill, especially considering that most questions are probably applicable to
Cocoa too, and thus would find a nice home on StackOverflow. If they are
GNUstep-specific, mailing list is a nice place to ask, and StackOverflow might
be a good place, too.
--
Ivan Vučica
[email protected] - http://ivan.vucica.net/
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