2014-12-22 23:52 GMT+01:00 Christopher R. Maden <cr...@maden.org>: > On 12/22/2014 04:36 PM, Federico Bruni wrote: > > I can understand your frustration. > > I think that LilyPond team's choices are sometimes a bit > > "conservative". > > > > Q&A websites are just way better than a traditional mailing list. > > Period. > > My 2¢: Nothing is stopping anyone from asking and answering questions on > StackOverflow. However, effective answers come from critical mass of > the knowledgeable user community, and right now that critical mass is > here. If enough people start using StackOverflow, then the critical > mass will be there... and likely this list will wither. > > Actually I did not intend to promote StackOverflow in particular, just that kind of software. I agree with you: anyone should feel free to help wherever he feels like. But I remember that in old discussions on this topic the general idea, shared by most of people in this list, was: "we should not split the community and the help resources in two different places".
> Personally, I *like* the mailing list, because I scan the discussion > going by, even when it’s not currently relevant to me, and often > something rings a bell later when I need it. If everyone who thinks SO > is better uses it... then eventually, it’ll become the place to go. > Democracy in action, or something. > You can subscribe to the lilypond tag and get notifications when someone posts a question tagged with lilypond: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/lilypond I'll explore more SO in the coming weeks.
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