In my experience, the more categories there are for discussion, the less vibrant a community is. Fewer questions are be answered because not everyone follows all of the forums and because, in many cases, developers prefer mailing lists to web interaction. On a couple of the forums I've been involved with, I've seen marked increases in participation by decreasing the number of categories and by setting up web<->email gateways. Using Nabble is a great way of bridging the two worlds.
I do see value in an officially sanctioned and open access wiki. As a WiX newbie, without experience in Windows Installer, I've found that a lot of valuable information is considerably spread out, with much of the most valuable information in blog posts, Stack Overflow, etc. So much so that a couple times I've gone looking for information when I should have just searched the documentation. If the community had an officially sanctioned wiki to contribute to, then it could be mined and the most valuable snippets integrated into the docs' How-To section. I understand the argument that people building installers should have a full comprehension of MSI and WiX, but often real-world deadlines mean that you have to start with cookie-cutter recipes, and gain that understanding as you muddle your way through. Anything that can be done to bring the relevant information together in fewer places and make the experience less... muddlesome?... would be a positive step. Jason -----Original Message----- From: Arun Perregatturv Sent: April-24-09 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Coder forums I think I like the idea of forums. Categories like Announcements Bootstrappers HOW-TO Articles Wix 2.0 Issues Wix 3.0 Issues Heat Issues Votive Issues And many more.. This will make it easier for users to go to specific forum to find their problem related answers rather than one main list for every problem in Wix. This will also help many newcomers to read How-To before asking the questions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
