Having spent some time recently answering question on forum I believe there is no need to close it. Dynamic is good, people are polite, questions aren't super precise, but valid. I should say I like answering there much more then on ML :)
I believe that few power users is not a problem of the number of user support media, it is a problem of a maturity of the project in general. I'm sure we will have more people who can and will help as QGIS continues to get better and these people will for sure appreciate different media for support. Maxim Вы писали 17 июля 2011 г., 5:08:19: GS> On 7/11/11 3:37 PM, Gary Sherman wrote: >> >> >> On Jul 11, 2011, at 14:50, Anita Graser <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> Hi PSC, >>> >>> It has already been discussed on developer mailing list: Some action >>> has to be taken concerning QGIS forums. >>> >>> The current situation looks like this: >>> - The forum attracts a lot of spam every day. >>> - The forum is often down or slow to respond. (Therefor it takes a lot >>> of time to remove spam and ban spammers.) >>> - Developers don't frequent the forums so we have to forward people to >>> the mailing list anyway. >>> >>> My suggested alternative would be to redirect developer questions to >>> the mailing list and user questions to >>> <http://gis.stackexchange.org>gis.stackexchange.org >>> <http://gis.stackexchange.org>. This would reduce web infrastructure >>> complexity for us while at the same time increase our visibility on >>> the platform-independent stackexchange site. >>> >>> Since we are on our way to the next big release, updating our web >>> infrastructure and other aspects of the QGIS project, I feel it's >>> necessary to address this topic. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Anita >>> _____________ >> This is the perfect time to address this---the server providing the >> forum is going to be decommissioned soon. The forum has provided good >> support for many, but as Anita notes devs don't frequent the forums. I >> would like to shutdown the server before the end of July. >> GS> I am back from 11 days off the grid. I have always viewed the forum as a GS> viable support mechanism. My comment about addressing the issue was not GS> agreement or disagreement with any proposed solutions, but related GS> solely to the need to decommission the current server. GS> I think shutting down the forum will be a potential shock to many users GS> and will no doubt have negative impacts. Forums are a pain because of GS> bots and spam, however we have a large number of users that rely on the GS> QGIS forum for support and information. Maybe gis.stackexchange.org can GS> replace the forum---or maybe not. Either way there are two things that GS> are certain: GS> 1 - the current server will be offline prior to August 10, 2011 GS> 2 - there will by many unhappy users if the forum goes away GS> The community and psc need to decide if we are willing to accept #2... GS> -gary GS> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- GS> Gary Sherman GS> Chair, QGIS Project Steering Committee GS> -Desktop GIS Book: GS> *http://desktopgisbook.com GS> -Geospatial Consulting & Hosting GS> *http://geoapt.com GS> "We work virtually everywhere" GS> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- GS> _______________________________________________ GS> Qgis-psc mailing list GS> [email protected] GS> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-psc _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
