Thanks,
Mark
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If people really want to ask usage questions on a mailing list,
there's always scala-tools.
On Aug 18, 2013 2:09 AM, "eugene yokota" <eed3...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> +1 on StackOverflow. Would it be useful to set up tag conventions like "sbt sbt013" since the answers could
> outlive the compatibility? (assuming there will be 1.x, 2.x some day)
>
> A minor concern is that the questions need to comply with their guideline, which requires the questions
> be a clear-cut non-subjective ones. "I'm having trouble with xyz plugin. help!" might get downvoted
> by the moderators before someone from sbt community can get to it. You could say it's a good thing or a bad thing.
>
I've seen an increasing number of play specific questions posted here. Its kind of annoying to me as a subscriber of the sbt list. Its unwanted noise.
The answer to I'm having trouble with foos bar plugin should be asked instead at github.com/foo/bar/issues/new
> How about sbt t-shirt for anyone who gets gold badge on "sbt" tag? (1000+ score for 200+ answers)
>
> -eugene
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 9:23:56 AM UTC-4, Mark Harrah wrote:
>>
>> I've previously stated my opinion that StackOverflow is much more active and is a better forum for handling questions than this mailing list. Few questions go unanswered there, whereas quite a few go unanswered here. The setup at StackOverflow is better for managing questions. For example, getting the attention of multiple communities can be done with tags instead of cross-posting to multiple mailing lists.
>>
>> I've also previously supported keeping this mailing list around and not having an sbt-dev list. However, I propose that this mailing list be phased out in favor of:
>>
>> * StackOverflow for questions
>> * a new sbt-dev mailing list for discussions
>> * #sbt on irc for questions and discussions
>>
>> The idea is to direct questions to StackOverflow and have everything else go to sbt-dev. I'm pretty convinced of the move, but I might be persuaded otherwise.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>