Re: [O] Suggestion: Stackoverflow for Orgmode

[Thomas Renkert]

@ Bastien, Jason

thank you for your response!

I made a proposal to stackexchange.com for a dedicated Org-mode site but they rejected it as a duplicate of stackoverflow. So this option is out.

Nevertheless, I still think it would be nice to have something like this for Org-mode only. 

We could install our own SE-like site using askbot.org or osqa.net. 

As far as I see, the installation of askbot is not completely trivial but doable: http://askbot.org/doc/index.html

The webserver (if it is Apache) would need mod_fcgi or mod_wsgi since askbot is based on Django and python. 

(see also: http://askbot.org/en/question/72/is-askbot-easy-to-install 
http://askbot.org/en/question/263/what-servers-and-configs-is-askbot-known-to-work
http://askbot.org/en/question/33/is-my-shared-host-good-enough-for-django)

It is still quite some work, I am aware of this. If it drains too much energy, it isn't worth it. 
But if we could get it off the ground, I think it would be a great addition to the Org community.

>At least there is nothing wrong in trying.

Exactly.

So this would be the next steps: 

1. Download askbot, install askbot, configure askbot
2. configure the webserver
3. deploy askbot on the webserver


Regards,
Thomas

2011/7/21 Bastien <address@hidden>

Hi Thomas,

thanks for sharing this idea.

Something like ask.orgmode.org with a StackOverflow interface would be
very nice.  I am copying Jason, http://orgmode.org webmaster, to make
sure this would not add too much work for him.

I am not afraid of fragmentation of information: as long as this new
interface links to relevant primary sources of information (the manual,
Worg, the mailing list), these source will be used.

I'm more afraid of fragmentation of the _energy_ that people put in
maintaining those primary sources.  But at the end, I guess things will
auto-regulate and the overall UI for finding information will improve.

At least there is nothing wrong in trying.

What is the next step?

--
 Bastien