Re: RoadMap

[Aaron Turner <aturner@linuxkb.org>]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Daniel E. Markle wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 05:11:01PM -0400, Jason Pincin wrote:
> > spaces.  Does that update the tab size when I save the file out dan?  I was actually using
> > three, but if people prefer, I'll switch to 4.  No biggie.
> 
> It inserts a 'tab'.  The size of the 'tab' is dependent on the user of their
> editing software setting a 'tab' to the desired number of spaces.  You should
> always use 'tab's for your code, never spaces.  Especially for Python, where
> if you use spaces your code won't compile.

Oops.  You're right :)  Didn't set my tab size to 4 like I thought I did.
Sorry Jason.
 
> > 1) I didn't want to force people to sign up for an account just to ask a question.
> > 2) I was thinking ahead to the e-mail gateway, in which case anonymous questions might
> 
> We were structuring to allow anonymous questions as we will need all the
> questions we can get to get started.  A lot of people will just abandon our
> site if they have to get an account just to ask a question.  Perhaps we could
> moderate questions too if there are too many like slashdot does for guest
> speaker questions?

I'm honestly not that worried about people asking questions on our site.
From my past experiance with the RHLUFAQ, I can tell you that doing an AC
style of question resulted in a lot of lame questions.  Also, the average
time to answer was well over a month.  Many were never answered.  Hence,
people should not expect this to work like a mailing list (help me
please!!!!), but rather more like "let me suggest this as a topic for
someone else to answer".

Considering that QuestionExchange and other sites like require you to sign
up and provide credit card info, I don't think just asking you to spend 2
minutes signing up is a big deal.  If people aren't willing to signup for
an account to ask a question it probably means the question isn't that
important.
 
> > > - I think the list is too big for Beta.  Q&A should be for final.  I don't
> > > see all the list being done in 1 month.
> 
> I would see Q&A as a Beta-desired feature but not a Beta-blocker if it is not
> done by the needed date.

-Aaron