I think GitHub is a good place to manage bugs and new features, and Stack Overflow has many advantages to ask technical questions. However, we do need a place where users can ask questions like: - How to build ECharts when I changed the source code? - How to use ECharts on mobile devices? These kind of questions are not welcomed by the Stack Overflow because they are not specific and do not have code.
I think we should also include the mailing list in the messages generated by GitHub bot, saying that one can send email to dev@echarts.apache.org if they need some extra help. Ovilia <oviliazh...@gmail.com> 于2019年8月15日周四 下午2:36写道： > One concern of encouraging users to ask how-to questions on the mailing > list is that there are not many developers subscribing the mailing list > now, and us PPMC members alone may not have enough time to answer the > questions by ourselves. > > As about Stack Overflow, I don't think the licensing issue is related here > because the document talks about copying code from Stack Overflow and > contribute to the project, while we are talking about asking how-to-use > questions on Stack Overflow to help the users to use. Encouraging users to > ask these questions on Stack Overflow rather than the mailing list can help > with later users with similar problems to get helped more efficiently since > the Stack Overflow has much better SEO than the mailing list. > > These are my opinions, others are welcomed to discuss the topic here. > > Wenli > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 6:41 AM Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi - > > > > As part of being an Apache project there are somethings to discuss in > > these automated messages. > > > > > On Aug 12, 2019, at 8:37 PM, GitBox <g...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > <!-- > > > Please Use https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-issue-helper < > > https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-issue-helper> to create the issue. > > > > This should move to the echarts.apache.org website. > > > > > Otherwise, it will be closed immediately. > > > > You really should encourage the use of dev@echarts.apache.org if the > user > > has questions about how to contribute or if a feature makes sense. > > > > > Questions in the form of *How to use ...* should be at Stack Overflow > > rather than GitHub issue list. > > > > The Apache Legal Committee recommends the following should a developer > > wish to use code from a question or answer on Stack Overflow in the > > project. [1] This was discussed a few months back. [2] Here is the > > licensing from Stack Overflow. [3] > > > > The Echarts team should be aware of this requirement. > > > > Regards, > > Dave > > > > [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#stackoverflow > > [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-459 > > [3] https://stackoverflow.com/legal/terms-of-service/public#licensing > > > > > > > > > -- Yi Shen Senior Developer Baidu, Inc.
