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Re: Octave should create a forum
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Carnë Draug |
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Re: Octave should create a forum |
Date: |
Sat, 4 Jan 2020 01:07:44 +0000 |
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 20:19, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:02:54 -0600, GoSim wrote:
> > [...]
> > A real forum, not like nabble which is more like a backup for a mailing list
> > and with a horrible user interface. I think it would be good for your
> > community and would increase activity with more questions and answers and
> > info in general.
>
> I agree that nabble is just a shoddy front end for the mailing list and
> I can't recommend anyone use it. I also agree that a modern discussion
> forum might lower the barrier to entry for new users to participate in
> the community. I am a seasoned free software participant, and even I
> find mailing lists tedious and a little arcane.
>
The point being raised here is that a forum "would increase activity
with more questions and answers" but what features in the forum would
actually enable that? This should help in make a better choice, not
only whether we should get a forum or not, but also what type of
forum. You mentioned discourse and GoSim mentioned phpBB (freecad
forum) which are very different.
The point also mentions "questions and answers" which for me means a
Q&A site, just like Juan already suggested. I actually quite like
them. There is an octave tag on StackOverflow which I check almost
daily and there's a few constant people answering questions there:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/octave
So maybe start from there?
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Juan Pablo Carbajal, 2020/01/02
- Re: Octave should create a forum,
Carnë Draug <=
- Re: Octave should create a forum, edmund ronald, 2020/01/03
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Mike Miller, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, GoSim, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, edmund ronald, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, GoSim, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Mike Miller, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, edmund ronald, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Juan Pablo Carbajal, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, GoSim, 2020/01/04