<div dir="ltr">Good points Dave! The only criticism is that it's not always clear what a non-programming question is. I guess that can be handled in the reputation system and comments. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:52 AM, David Cole via vtkusers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vtkusers@vtk.org" target="_blank">vtkusers@vtk.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Every time I've looked for the solution to a practical programming<br>
related issue in the last 6 or 7 years, an answer to a Stack Overflow<br>
question has been the most reliable source of information, often all<br>
right there in the answer, and if not, then in pages linked directly<br>
from the answer. Every time.<br>
<br>
Every. Single. Time.<br>
<br>
Usually in the top 5, and frequently in the top 2, Google results.<br>
There is absolutely no question: Stack Overflow beats mailing lists,<br>
hands down, for search-ability.<br>
<br>
So.... when your question is: "this won't compile or link, how come?"<br>
or "why doesn't this code work even though it builds ok?" or "this<br>
code works on Linux and Mac, but crashes in our Windows build, why?"<br>
or "what's wrong with this CMakeLists.txt snippet? it's not doing what<br>
I thought it should do..." -- it belongs on Stack Overflow. Once<br>
you've asked it there, by all means, post a link to it here in the VTK<br>
mailing list, with a simple rephrasing of the question.<br>
<br>
The mailing list is also very useful, and some questions are more<br>
general VTK philosophy type questions, and the people on the mailing<br>
list are generally friendly and helpful. Non-programming questions do<br>
not belong on Stack Overflow... So I wouldn't *stop* asking for help<br>
here... But if it's a programming question, it totally belongs on<br>
Stack Overflow, with a link posted here.<br>
<br>
<br>
My 2 cents worth,<br>
David C.<br>
<br>
<br>
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:05 AM, Lonni Besançon<br>
<<a href="mailto:lonni.besancon@gmail.com">lonni.besancon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Indeed, I reckon the reputation system has proven to be useful in the past<br>
> and it will surely works for VTK too.<br>
> So far the number of questions asked on VTK is quite low on SO but I think<br>
> the advantages it offers are useful: easier to post code, reputation system,<br>
> answers easy to find via Google afterwards so as to avoid duplicates, ...<br>
><br>
> Would love to get the opinion of other members of the community and more<br>
> precisely of people from Kitware that would be awesome.<br>
><br>
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