Agree with james. Most of us search for an answer in Google.. which eventually take us to stackoverflow.
Apache Mailing list answers are very rare in Google results. Stackoverflow like portal could become next podling for incubator. -Vinay On Fri, 5 Apr 2019, 7:05 pm James Bognar, <jamesbog...@apache.org> wrote: > My $.02. > > Apache is sorely in need of a portal similar to StackOverflow. I, > like many other software developers, primarily use Google for finding > answers. 90% of the time those answers are going to be found on > StackOverflow. Answers on mailing lists are not going to show up in > Google results, and as an external user I'm not going to go out of my > way to figure out how to find and search for them. If I can't find it > on Google, then for all practical purposes it doesn't exist. > > I don't know if this will ever change. Using mailing lists for > everything is one of the top Apache-Way principles. > > I'll buy a beer for anyone who sets up an Apache-specific > StackOverflow clone for all of us to use. > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 9:21 PM Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I sometimes used cut and paste in such cases. And if questions are > > reflected into the dev or user, the duplications are apparent. > > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 11:03 AM Julian Hyde <jh...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > It can be frustrating when someone posts a question to both the user > list > > > and to StackOverflow. It means that the community has to answer the > > > question in two places. > > > > > > But like many problems, that is an opportunity. Answering StackOverflow > > > questions is a great way for people to contribute without writing > code. If > > > you take the view that everyone reading or writing StackOverflow is > part of > > > the community — and I do — then StackOverflow is an excellent way to > grow > > > community. > > > > > > Julian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 4, 2019, at 10:33 AM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Just subscribe to appropriate tags on stack overflow and direct > > > > notifications to the dev list. > > > > > > > > Then encourage the community to answer on stack overflow. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 6:32 PM Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> I think a user@ mailing list is better for the project’s > sustainability > > > >> and Apache. > > > >> > > > >> I have examples related to POI where there is substantial > StackOverflow > > > >> support happening. > > > >> > > > >> 12 years ago I became a POI committer for answering user questions. > > > >> > > > >> Recently we asked an active StackOverflow answer if he was > interested in > > > >> being a committer and StackOverflow was his community. > > > >> > > > >> Apache records are always better than stuff at another company. > Gmane > > > and > > > >> markmail email links have rotted away. > > > >> > > > >> I would encourage a user list for the visibility for the PMC in > > > >> understanding what’s happening along with a more coherent community! > > > >> > > > >> Regards, > > > >> Dave > > > >> > > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > > >> > > > >>> On Apr 3, 2019, at 6:02 PM, Alan Gates <alanfga...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> The superset podling is working out their processes around FAQs and > > > >>> answering user questions. One thing that they have suggested is > that > > > >> they > > > >>> encourage people to use StackOverflow for questions and answers > given > > > the > > > >>> ease of searching old questions, etc. You can see the mail thread > at > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1cd1c1e7d02d712ec4e1a13a50cb6016318be5e55ca023b10087cb61@%3Cdev.superset.apache.org%3E > > > >>> > > > >>> Personally I think encouraging podlings to use tools they and > everyone > > > >> are > > > >>> comfortable with and that meet our criteria of being open to all > is a > > > >> good > > > >>> thing, but I wanted to check if there was official policy on this > > > before > > > >>> they proceed with it. > > > >>> > > > >>> Alan. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
