+1 I spend more time on the forum than in ML. And there are people more familiar with the format of the forum.
Cheers Saber On Sun, 2011-07-17 at 14:02 +0400, Maxim Dubinin wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
