[ros-users] Improving the visibility of answers.ros.org [Was: Issues with wstool Error processing 'rospack']

[William Woodall]

+1 those changes seem very reasonable.


On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Jon Stephan <jfstepha at gmail.com> wrote:

> How about this?  The old wording was:
>
> Please subscribe to the ros-users mailing list<https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users> to
> stay on top of the latest ROS news, and feel free to have a look at the ros-users
> archive <http://code.ros.org/lurker/list/ros-users.html>.
>
> However, please keep in mind that the mailing list should not be used as
> the first step in requesting for help, but rather ROS Answers<http://answers.ros.org/>,
> as described below (and in this related question<http://answers.ros.org/question/10/when-should-one-use-answersrosorg-vs-the-ros-users>
> ).
>
> My proposed wording is:
>
> ROS Answers <http://answers.ros.org/> should be used as the first step in
> requesting help, as described below (and in this related question<http://answers.ros.org/question/10/when-should-one-use-answersrosorg-vs-the-ros-users>
> ).
>
> To stay on top of the latest ROS news, subscribe to the ros-users mailing
> list <https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users>, and feel free to
> have a look at the ros-users archive<http://code.ros.org/lurker/list/ros-users.html>
> .
>
>
> Here we present the right way to do things first, followed by the
> information about the mailing list.
>
> If you're just skimming the page as it is now, the first thing you see is
> the mailing list, and you have to read the 2nd paragraph to find out that's
> the wrong thing to do.
>
> Also, in the FAQ, we could change:
>
>
> My question isn't answered here; what do I do?
>
>    -
>
>    Try running roswtf <http://www.ros.org/wiki/roswtf> and see if it can
>    diagnose your issue
>    -
>
>    Search the archives of the appropriate mailing list<http://www.ros.org/wiki/Support> or
>    post a question.
>
> to:
>
> My question isn't answered here; what do I do?
>
>    -
>
>    Try running roswtf <http://www.ros.org/wiki/roswtf> and see if it can
>    diagnose your issue
>    - Search answers.ros.org for the answer.
>    - Search the archives of the appropriate mailing list<http://www.ros.org/wiki/Support>
>    .
>    - Post a question to answers.ros.org
>
> If no one objects in the next day or so, I'll go ahead and make these
> changes.
>
> -Jon
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Claudio Carbone <cla_carbone at tiscali.it>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Christian Dornhege <dornhege at informatik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
>> >
>> >I don't really have an idea how to make people follow those things
>> >without forcing them to read this before posting (which would be hugely
>> >annoying).
>>
>> By removing the ros-users ml from the help/support section I suppose.
>> Cite it as a dev/maintenance focused ml rather.
>>
>> Claudio
>> -- Inviato dal mio cellulare Android con K-9 Mail.
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>>
>
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William Woodall
ROS Development Team
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