+1, gives me a new chance to boost my stackexchange score ;-) Op 4 okt. 2013 12:32 schreef "thomas bonfort" <[email protected]>:
> Hi MapServer Users and Power-Users, > > As FrankW pointed out during our FOSS4G presentation, I would like to > propose that we add stackexchange as an "official" support channel for > MapServer. You can check and subscribe to mapserver related questions > here: http://stackexchange.com/filters/90617/mapserver > > Why? > > - Stackexchange questions and answers are very well referenced through > search engines, which would avoid recurring questions from being > brought up on the mailing list > - The answers get up or down-voted by the community, allowing a user > to immediately flesh out relevant information for a given question > - Asking a question on stack-exchange might help new users to seek for > help, instead of having to subscribe and post to a public mailing list > (which can be intimidating) > > How? > > - By referencing stackexchange in our "getting help" documentation section > - Most importantly, by having MapServer power users subscribe and > participate to the stackexchange questions, providing answers or > upvoting correct existing answers. > > Users, is this something that you would find beneficial? > Power-users, would you be willing to participate to another support > channel, knowing that in the long run the aim is to reduce your > workload as the most common questions will answer themselves ? > PSC, should we have some kind of motion to vote and officialise this? > > best regards, > Thomas > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >
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