[ckan-dev] Suggesting we use stack overflow

Thu Sep 10 15:55:45 UTC 2015

Cool - I'll wait to see what others might say and maybe do some general
updates and announcements over the weekend.

I just don't want to discourage anyone from using this list to reach out
either :)

So, for example, we'd encourage folks to refer to a question they have put
up on stackoverflow which they'd like to bump some attention onto via an
email within this list...

When people describe a full issue here we'd politely ask them to drop it
into stackoverflow so it can be answered and later referred to by more
people who experience the same issues, blockers or frustrations.

Identifying trends around common problems added to stackoverflow will also
help us improve CKAN :)

Cheers,
Steven

*STEVEN DE COSTA *|
*EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR*www.linkdigital.com.au

On 11 September 2015 at 01:46, Denis Zgonjanin <deniszgonjanin at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think that's a good idea. We have github for technical discussion among
> CKAN developers, so the dev list has become more of a general place to ask
> troubleshooting questions about CKAN. Sometimes they get unanswered. Stack
> Overflow incentivizes answering these a bit better, through magical
> internet points.
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Steven De Costa <
> steven.decosta at linkdigital.com.au> wrote:
>
>> hi everyone,
>>
>> This list has been quite active over the last few months with CKAN
>> support questions that I suspect would give a lot of value to people if
>> they were addressed in a more public technical forum such as here:
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ckan
>>
>> Stack overflow over the same period has probably received less attention
>> as a result of the activity here (there are a few recent questions
>> unanswered currently).
>>
>> Related to this suggestion, I've recently setup an Asia-Pacific CKAN
>> meetup that will run every two weeks. As we bring new people into the
>> project I'd like to refer to the dev list as a good place for discussing
>> core development and extension work while also encouraging people to
>> monitor stack overflow for supporting users around general install, config,
>> upgrade and troubleshooting issues.
>>
>> Does this all sound reasonable? If so then I can update the CKAN.org
>> website a little, write a blog post and generally help in directing
>> questions into the best areas.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steven
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
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