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Re: OSQA -Open Source Question and Answering System


From: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Subject: Re: OSQA -Open Source Question and Answering System
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:20:49 +0200


Am 16.07.2012 um 10:14 schrieb Ivan Vučica:

I'm wondering if it isn't better if people just used StackOverflow and tagged GNUstep-specific questions with "gnustep". We simply don't have the user base that would make a Q&A system useful, and would instead probably linger empty and unused. (You know the sight: three year old forums with a total of 50 posts.)

I totally agree from experiences in other projects. There, we run a mailing list and every now and then someone asks for a Forum. We have installed that but even those who asked don't subscribe and use it...

Mailing lists are also a nice and traditional way of getting attention of GNUstep developers. Even now we have more communication channels and mailing lists than we can use well; discuss-gnustep ends up being the most active one, and it's used for all purposes (development decisions, announcements...), even in cases where other special-purpose mailing lists exist.

Setting up a Q&A system is probably a good way to ensure questions posted there remain unnoticed and unanswered.

The traditional way for Q&A is/was that someone collects a FAQ document and posts it every month to the mailing list.

Nikolaus



On 16. 7. 2012., at 09:28, Riccardo Mottola wrote:

Hi,

before implementing something, shouldn't we discuss about it, if we need it and if it has a chance to be useful for us?

Riccardo

On 07/14/12 23:02, Abram Wiebe wrote:

It' really more of a question of installation than implementation.

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OK, But you should probably post this on the gnustep-discuss list.   I'm only one person and it would have to be someone else who has time to implement that sort of thing.

Adam


On Jul 12, 2012, at 3:05 PM, Abram Wiebe wrote:

I know there are already mailing lists and IRC, but my favourite system of QA is the one used by stack overflow, as it is more user friendly and doesn't clutter up my inbox.

Consider looking into OSQA as an alternative to the currently available methods.

http://www.osqa.net/gallery/


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