On 2019-10-17 06:41, Kjell Rilbe kjell.rilbe@...
[Firebird-general] wrote:

> Den 2019-10-16 kl. 20:01, skrev Jorge Andrés Brugger listas@...
> [Firebird-general]:
>> FYI and maybe FYIA :)
>>
>> https://help.yahoo.com/kb/groups/SLN31010.html?impressions=true
>
> I still think all peer support for Firebird and Firebird related tools
> should move to StackOverflow (SO). I've seen arguments against it, that
> it wouldn't fit the Q&A structure/workflow of SO, but I really can't
> agree with that. I've been following for example firebird-support for
> ages, and I see no difference whatsoever of the discussions, questions
> and answers that appear there and those that appear on SO (on various
> other topics). SO does support discussions with the purpose to find the
> best answer to the posed question. And it does so very well! A lot
> better than the mailing lists, in my humble opinion.

Stack Overflow doesn't support discussions, although you can sometimes
get away with it in the comments. However comments are primarily for
asking for clarification, and if you use comments for long discussions,
moderators may delete them and issue warnings, and in really bad cases
even (temporarily) ban you. So while for simple question -> answer,
Stack Overflow will work, it is really unsuitable for troubleshooting
like question -> ask for clarification -> more information -> try to do
this -> doesn't work -> try this -> etc.

Mark