I like that idea. At least some of the questions on the users list are not even Pharo specific but regard Smalltalk in general. Those need not be answered by us but can be answered by anyone with a Smalltalk background, be it VW, VA, Squeak⦠On the other hand (I'm not sure about this, since I don't read the users list) there might be topics like job offers / searches, or more general discussions on that list and moving to SO would kill those (one could argue that such topics would be more suitable on pharo-devâ¦) since SO is strictly question and answer orientated. Another argument for closing the users list: Marcus wouldn't have to save two lists the next time the servers go down :) Cheers, Max On 23.09.2013, at 08:48, kilon <thekilon@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Here is a radical suggestion you probably don't want to hear.
Close down Pharo users mailing list, redirect everyone to stackoverflow.
Consider stackoverflow is THE forum for coding, I cant think of a better place to ask questions for smalltalk and pharo , rarely questions left unanswered there and I wont even start to discuss how cool of a website it is.
Oh and a "minor" bonus is a huge advertisement for pharo.
But then take my idea with a grain of salt, I don't like mailing lists :) Thank god for forum.world.st :D
Norbert Hartl wrote
We should use the pharo users mailing list more often. Imagine there are people only subscribed to the users list. They can't see a lot of interesting posts and the users list does not appear to be very lively. At least half of the posts here in the last days I would like to see on the users list. So if your post is not really about the development of pharo or is not a problem with pharo core (external package discussions belong IMHO to the users list as well) then consider to post to the users list. Everyone you like to reach is subscribed there, too.
Norbert
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