fenics team mailing list archive

[Jan Blechta <blechta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:02:20 +0100
Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 09:32:42AM +0000, Florian Rathgeber wrote:
> > On 27/03/13 20:37, Anders Logg wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 09:10:48PM +0100, Nico Schlömer wrote:
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> when asking questions about FEniCS/Dolfin, is it still
> > >> recommended to use Launchpad or can we already switch to
> > >> stackexchange, i.e., are you guys already watching the
> > >> fenics-tagged questions coming in over there?
> > >
> > > I suggest we wait until we've converted the repositories, then
> > > after that focus on moving the questions over to stackexchange.
> >
> > Why not encourage to start asking questions over there already?
> > StackExchange is about critical mass, so people will feel more
> > comfortable using it when they're not the first to ask a question.
> 
> I think we should focus on one thing at a time. We're still discussing
> how to convert the code. Moving over to stackexchange is a bit more
> involved than just moving there. We need to update the web page with
> some good instructions for how to post questions on stackexchange
> (with links to stackexchange guidelines) and some instructive examples
> on what to post there and what not to post there. I imagine we will
> have another thread on that in a week or so.
> 
> > You're not planning to actually migrate the questions from
> > answers.launchpad.net to scicomp, are you?
> 
> No. We start over fresh, just as with the git branch(es). :-)

Actually what is the reason not to keep questions (and possibly bug
management) on launchpad? Does it work poorly? DOLFIN has huge question
base and launchpad web UI suggest to user questions related to his
problem before actually posting it. Perhapse it would save many
recurrent questions when starting from scratch on stackexchange.

Jan

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