[development] Proposal: Move all dev support off this list to new StackExchange site

[Walt Daniels]

>And perhaps we could change the name of this mailing list to devel-support.
That still sounds like the place for noobs to get support .

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Randy Fay <randy at randyfay.com> wrote:

> OK, I have another proposal:
>
> Let's move all non-support (announcements to developers primarily, or
> policy discussion, that sort of thing) off this mailing list and onto a
> Developers group on Groups.drupal.org, where only announcement-type
> material is posted. That way those who want to use this as a support list
> can do so, and those who want to use StackExchange and other venues can do
> so, but everybody knows where non-support things of interest to developers
> are announced.
>
> And perhaps we could change the name of this mailing list to devel-support.
>
> -Randy
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:32 PM, nan wich <nan_wich at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> -1 for me. I have yet to find an actual discussion on SE.
>>
>>
>> *Nancy*
>>
>>
>>
>> Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L.
>> King, Jr.
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* Randy Fay <randy at randyfay.com>
>> *To:* development <development at drupal.org>
>> *Sent:* Thu, March 17, 2011 1:24:34 PM
>> *Subject:* [development] Proposal: Move all dev support off this list to
>> new StackExchange site
>>
>> The new http://drupal.stackexchange.com is now live, and several
>> outstanding Drupal contributors are monitoring and contributing to it.
>>
>> It seems like we'd get better long-term use of people's time if we did
>> development support over there, where it's searchable, and where repeat
>> questions can be answered by an internet search instead of everybody reading
>> and answering the same thing over and over.
>>
>> And yes, I'm in favor of providing this capability on Drupal.org<http://drupal.org/>,
>> as per http://drupal.org/node/1047632, but for now, what about taking dev
>> support off this list since there's such a good alternative?
>>
>> -Randy
>>
>> --
>> Randy Fay
>> Drupal Module and Site Development
>> randy at randyfay.com
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>>
>>
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>
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> Randy Fay
> Drupal Module and Site Development
> randy at randyfay.com
> +1  970.462.7450
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