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[Nico Schlömer <nico.schloemer@xxxxxxxxx>]

stackexchange is somewhat fashionable nowadays, and for good reasons
indeed. Plus also, there's no need to remove the old questions from
launchpad (is it?).

--Nico



On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 03:14:42PM +0100, Jan Blechta wrote:
>> 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.
>
> The stackexchange system is even better suited for this. Questions and
> answers can be voted up and down + other features not available on
> Launchpad. And stackexchange seems to be a much more vibrant community.
>
> --
> Anders
>
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