[mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels

2013-10-04 Thread thomas bonfort
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:

Re: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels

2013-10-04 Thread Milo van der Linden
+1, gives me a new chance to boost my stackexchange score ;-) Op 4 okt. 2013 12:32 schreef thomas bonfort thomas.bonf...@gmail.com: 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

Re: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels

2013-10-04 Thread Umberto Nicoletti
+1 I already have a mapserver filter in place on gis.stackexchange.com So should it be gis or all stackexchange sites? I am for gis, as it more relevant to the mapserver community and mapserver is already listed in the ads: http://meta.gis.stackexchange.com/ads/display/1968 Umberto On Fri,

Re: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels

2013-10-04 Thread Fawcett, David (MNIT)
List; MapserverList OSGEO Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels +1 I already have a mapserver filter in place on gis.stackexchange.comhttp://gis.stackexchange.com/ So should it be gis or all stackexchange sites? I am for gis, as it more relevant

Re: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels

2013-10-04 Thread Lime, Steve D (MNIT)
[mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of thomas bonfort Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 5:32 AM To: MapServer Dev Mailing List; MapserverList OSGEO Subject: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels Hi MapServer Users and Power-Users, As FrankW pointed out during our

Re: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels

2013-10-04 Thread Rahkonen Jukka
Hi, Mapserver users list has worked fine for me for several years but I have seen that it is no more what it used to be. There are less mails on the list and part of the discussion that would be interesting also for users (at least power users) has moved into developers list and inside the

Re: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels

2013-10-04 Thread thomas bonfort
Steve, I'm not proposing we replace mailing lists, as Jukka pointed out a mailing list has some usages that cannot be replaced by a se.com -- thomas On 4 October 2013 16:35, Stephen Woodbridge wood...@swoodbridge.com wrote: Hi all, I would hope that this is in addition to the mapserver lists

Re: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels

2013-10-04 Thread thomas bonfort
Jukka, I mostly agree with your points, and I'm proposing we add stackexchange as the mailing list does not seem to fit as well as it may have used to (or that SE provides tools that are superior to what we had when we only had mailing lists...). Re. hosting our own: I'm -1 here unless someone

Re: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels

2013-10-04 Thread thomas bonfort
: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of thomas bonfort Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 5:32 AM To: MapServer Dev Mailing List; MapserverList OSGEO Subject: [mapserver-users] Adding stackexchange to our support channels Hi MapServer