#16412: Update Sage FAQ
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Reporter: knsam | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_info
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.3
Component: documentation | Resolution:
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Comment (by was):
Replying to [comment:5 knsam]:
> 2. Isn't the list which answers the question "Who uses Sage" definitely
obsolete?
Yes, and if not, it is likely to quickly become so...
> 3. In the question about getting help, we should probably add
http://ask.sagemath.org. I think it could be helpful if we could somehow
get a Stack Exchange Site for Sage. But this might be easy or hard
depending upon the initial momentum. I could try submitting an initial
proposal on Area 51 but we need a huge lot of support in the beginning to
get started. But once done, I think we can keep the momentum going...
>
+1. We could write to sage-devel and ask people to vote for it.
> 4. The answer to the question "How do I get started?" mentions
sagenb.org. But I have been under the impression that support might be
dropped for sagenb. Is this not so?
The website http://sagenb.org will cease to exist, though the timeframe is
unclear.
> Also, some subremarks/subquestions:
>
> - Should we mention http://cloud.sagemath.org here? (And, of course
update the rest of the text...)
Yes. I bet a significant fraction of new people who use Sage use it
through http://cloud.sagemath.org
>
> - Sage Cell Servers should be surely mentioned.
>
> - The bit of the answer about Sage Notebook on a non-default
browser is probably out of place and is slightly confusing (`opera` should
be replaced by sth generic: `<browser-name>` or such).
>
> 5. The question about jsMath is obsolete and must be removed.
Yes, totally obsolete.
> 6. We should go through mailing list and get a list of things that
people often ask or mistakenly assume and notice odd behaviour. Some that
come to mind:
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> - Polynomials vs Symbolic Expressions
> - Writing a given integer in different basis.
> - IPython Terminal Colour and other stuff
> - [etc...]
It would also be better if people could easily add to the FAQ when they
answer such questions. The whole trac-based dev process is too
cumbersome for quick FAQ entries.
> 7. The section "Contributing to Sage" needs to mention GIT, the new GIT
Trac and probably some more questions that one has about developing with
GIT. I have had a lot of these questions recently and could probably
contribute a couple of questions here.
>
> - This section could advertise an invitation for people to contribute
doctests: see [http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/12891 #12891] for where
this is coming from. :-)
>
> OK, this is my preliminary set of observations. If there are more,
please put them in a comment here...
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