[Qgis-developer] forum.qgis.org

MORREALE Jean Roc jr.morreale at enoreth.net
Mon Jun 27 14:37:00 EDT 2011


Le 27/06/2011 19:16, Paolo Cavallini a écrit :
> Il 27/06/2011 19:03, Nick Hopton ha scritto:
>
>> There might be unwanted consequences if this were to happen. The forum
>> has evolved into a friendly first port of call for newcomers with
>> problems and I think that some new users might find the mailing-list
>> intimidating (I'm taking here about, say, a lad who might have
>> installed QGIS yesterday and now finds that his GPS tracks won't fit
>> properly on his map). At present we have the forum, which I think does
>> a good job for newcomers; the mailing-list, which is pitched more
>> towards those with greater experience; and we have the developer list,
>> which is where the world-class experts live.
>
> I had reports of people disappointed from not having a response through the forum (I
> understand few devs and power users hang out there).
> If true, this would not be a positive thing for qgis.
> What are from your point of view the differences between a ML and a forum?
> All the best.

+9000

For example, a person willing to work on SVG but with no return from a 
dev : http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8773

It would be more honest to redirect to the list rather than keeping an 
unloved forum.


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