On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:20:03 +0100 Anders Logg <l...@simula.no> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 03:14:42PM +0100, Jan Blechta wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:02:20 +0100 > > Anders Logg <l...@simula.no> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 09:32:42AM +0000, Florian Rathgeber wrote: > > > > On 27/03/13 20:37, Anders Logg wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 09:10:48PM +0100, Nico Schlömer wrote: > > > > >> Hi all, > > > > >> > > > > >> when asking questions about FEniCS/Dolfin, is it still > > > > >> recommended to use Launchpad or can we already switch to > > > > >> stackexchange, i.e., are you guys already watching the > > > > >> fenics-tagged questions coming in over there? > > > > > > > > > > I suggest we wait until we've converted the repositories, then > > > > > after that focus on moving the questions over to > > > > > stackexchange. > > > > > > > > Why not encourage to start asking questions over there already? > > > > StackExchange is about critical mass, so people will feel more > > > > comfortable using it when they're not the first to ask a > > > > question. > > > > > > I think we should focus on one thing at a time. We're still > > > discussing how to convert the code. Moving over to stackexchange > > > is a bit more involved than just moving there. We need to update > > > the web page with some good instructions for how to post > > > questions on stackexchange (with links to stackexchange > > > guidelines) and some instructive examples on what to post there > > > and what not to post there. I imagine we will have another thread > > > on that in a week or so. > > > > > > > You're not planning to actually migrate the questions from > > > > answers.launchpad.net to scicomp, are you? > > > > > > No. We start over fresh, just as with the git branch(es). :-) > > > > Actually what is the reason not to keep questions (and possibly bug > > management) on launchpad? Does it work poorly? DOLFIN has huge > > question base and launchpad web UI suggest to user questions > > related to his problem before actually posting it. Perhapse it > > would save many recurrent questions when starting from scratch on > > stackexchange. > > The stackexchange system is even better suited for this. Questions and > answers can be voted up and down + other features not available on > Launchpad. And stackexchange seems to be a much more vibrant > community.
Ok, let's see if this vibrancy saves time to 5 person answering 90% questions:) > > -- > Anders _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics Post to : fenics@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
