Re: Suggestion: Stackoverflow for Orgmode

[Thomas Renkert <tunnelblick@quantentunnel.de>]

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@ 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 <bzg@altern.org>

> 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
>

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