On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 08:55:13PM +0200, Jan Blechta wrote: > On Thu, 23 May 2013 22:58:03 +0200 > Anders Logg <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:24:45PM +0200, Nico Schlömer wrote: > > > Not everyone seems to be too happy with FEniCS on scicomp, you > > > may also want to provide feedback: > > > [1]http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/353/thoughts-comment > > > s-and-reactions-about-the-fenics-experiment > > > --Nico > > > > Thanks for the pointer, I hadn't seen this - the meta page was not in > > my feed. > > > > I'd like to take this opportunity to remind all FEniCS developers and > > power users to take an active part in answering questions on > > StackExchange. Please consider answering both FEniCS specific > > questions and take an active part in the wider scicomp.stackexchange > > community. Only a few people seem to have found their way there so > > far. > > > > We used to get emails whenever someone posted a question on > > Launchpad. This doesn't happen with StackExchange, so developers and > > users must find a way to monitor the stream of questions. I use the > > "RSS Feed Reader" plugin for Chromium that Garth recommended a while > > back. I find it very useful. I can easily check for new posts by > > clicking a small button in my browser and I get popup notifications > > for new posts. Try it! > > > > And please look at the worries expressed by one of the moderators at > > StackExchange: > > > > http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/353/thoughts-comment > > > > and think about how we can make a better impression on StackExchange. > > Discussion which FEniCS questions are appropriate on scicomp is still > running, but in the case that large portion of them will need to be > redirected elsewhere, it would be worth considering returning to > launchpad with questions, I think. From user point of view it is now > quite complicated algorithm how to dispatch question. On launchpad it > was quite simple and good-working. I guess it is also more motivating > users to search old questions than mailing-list solution.
I agree that we need to move somewhere else if we constantly need to worry that the questions are not suitable. Better with one single forum (for us) where all questions are allowed. I don't think we should return to Launchpad and definitely not a mailing list now that I've seen how good the StackExchange platform is for posting and answering questions - the voting mechanism and the other features are very well thought out. -- Anders _______________________________________________ fenics mailing list [email protected] http://fenicsproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics
