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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:07:47 +0000 George Prowse |
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> <cokehabit2003@××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> | We have some developers who use the forums a lot, like the ones i |
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> | pointed out to you earlier. I can imagine that one of the main reasons |
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> | that developers dont use the forums is that they prefer to spend their |
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> | time developing their Gentoo projects while others find the time to |
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> | help those who need it on the forums. |
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> Perhaps you should ask, rather than imagine. For at least some other |
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> developers I've asked, this isn't why they avoid the forums. |
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Well for at least some other developers it is working ok, that isn't to |
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say that it couldn't work better but the forums are a constantly |
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changing project. |
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> | That has been noted and Ian! is building a new search function from |
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> | scratch. Other things that would possibly help would be the ability to |
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> | exclude forums from the search and perhaps splitting some of the |
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> | forums up. |
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> And being able to tag a thread with a package name... |
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Good idea! I'll remember that. |
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> | Perhaps if you treated people with a little more respect then they |
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> | would have some more for you. If you have a complaint take it up with |
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> | devrel, you are in the correct place. |
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> Eh, easier to just not use the forums except when someone points |
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> something out to me. |
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It seems that from some users that was the intention. |
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> | > Neither of these answers will, on its own, be enough to help you |
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> | > solve the "not enough developers on the forums" issue. Nor will it |
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> | > help if you claim that "the forums are fine as they are". Why not |
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> | > try finding out from other developers why they think the forums are |
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> | > not fine? |
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> | Why bother when we have you to speak for all developers? |
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> Do you think that that attitude will help get more developers onto the |
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> forums? |
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pot..? kettle..? dark colour..? |
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