[vtkusers] Mailing list or forum or SO?

[David Cole]

Oh, if you've ever asked a non-programming question, you know it most
definitely IS handled...

;-)

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:52 AM, David Cole via vtkusers <vtkusers at vtk.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Every time I've looked for the solution to a practical programming
>> related issue in the last 6 or 7 years, an answer to a Stack Overflow
>> question has been the most reliable source of information, often all
>> right there in the answer, and if not, then in pages linked directly
>> from the answer. Every time.
>>
>> Every. Single. Time.
>>
>> Usually in the top 5, and frequently in the top 2, Google results.
>> There is absolutely no question: Stack Overflow beats mailing lists,
>> hands down, for search-ability.
>>
>> So.... when your question is: "this won't compile or link, how come?"
>> or "why doesn't this code work even though it builds ok?" or "this
>> code works on Linux and Mac, but crashes in our Windows build, why?"
>> or "what's wrong with this CMakeLists.txt snippet? it's not doing what
>> I thought it should do..." -- it belongs on Stack Overflow. Once
>> you've asked it there, by all means, post a link to it here in the VTK
>> mailing list, with a simple rephrasing of the question.
>>
>> The mailing list is also very useful, and some questions are more
>> general VTK philosophy type questions, and the people on the mailing
>> list are generally friendly and helpful. Non-programming questions do
>> not belong on Stack Overflow... So I wouldn't *stop* asking for help
>> here... But if it's a programming question, it totally belongs on
>> Stack Overflow, with a link posted here.
>>
>>
>> My 2 cents worth,
>> David C.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:05 AM, Lonni Besançon
>> <lonni.besancon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Indeed, I reckon the reputation system has proven to be useful in the
>> > past
>> > and it will surely works for VTK too.
>> > So far the number of questions asked on VTK is quite low on SO but I
>> > think
>> > the advantages it offers are useful: easier to post code, reputation
>> > system,
>> > answers easy to find via Google afterwards so as to avoid duplicates,
>> > ...
>> >
>> > Would love to get the opinion of other members of the community and more
>> > precisely of people from Kitware that would be awesome.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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