On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tegan > > this is an interesting point. > I feel the questions page is more accessible than searching the mailing > list,
It is, or would be if the questions posed there were consistently reviewed and responded to. You are one of the few knowlegable people who seems to look at it and post to it regularly. Many of the questions there really need responses from a community of users, which the list provides. Many of the questions there have had no response from anyone at all. > > On 02/03/2008, Tegan Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thursday, February 28, 2008, 10:07:02 PM, Simon wrote: > > > > I've drafted a page > > > > http://pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/HowToReportBugs > > > > in an attempt to assist everyone who seeks help from the mailing > lists > > > > > > I read through the page and like to raise a few points: > > > > > > * For people seeking help I find the page both encouraging, as it > > > gives lots of pointers on what to try or where to look, and > > > discouraging, as it mentions after a list of 13 check points: > > > > > > "Having done all of this, and being none the wiser about your issue > > > (although probably somewhat wiser about PmWiki) you could > > > > > > * leave a query on the questions page > > > * post a message the the PmWiki mailing lists" > > > > > > Also, I wonder about having the questions page listed before the > > mailing lists. From what I've seen, the questions page is a pretty > > poor way to get help. I'd actually suggest removing it entirely. _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
