Hi Paul,

In general, don't ask to ask, just ask ;)

For me, I usually post in as many places as I can - but I try whatever forum/list is most populous first, wait a day or so, then continue on from there with other places.

-Chris

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:28 AM, PipingDesignCentral . < pipingdesigner@...155...> wrote:

Is it OK if I post an SVG-related question both at http://www.inkscapeforum.com AND here?

Paul

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Well, there are no official rules about it, if that's what you're asking.

Generally I find it frustrating when someone posts their support questions in multiple places. That's because they're getting advice from someone else, and using that advice, and it's causing new problems, and neither we nor the other place knows what the other is saying and suggesting. And the user in the middle, trying to do everything, gets confused, and it just gets to be a nightmare.

To be honest, it's one of my pet peeves, and when I notice someone is doing it, I tend to ignore their message. It's really not fair, when you consider we're volunteering our time, and from the start, there's only a 50-50 chance the person will use the information I've provided (if they posted in 2 places; 1 in 3 chance if they post in 3 places, etc). To me, I think, why waste my time?

I think people do it, because they think they'll have a better chance of getting the right answer. But for me, it usually means they won't get an answer from me.

However, if it's just a discussion type of question, where you want to hear different opinions about something that's more theoretical, as opposed to "something is broken", or "how do I do this", then it doesn't cause any problems. So that's fine, and I don't see any conflict.

And for one last note. If you're cross-posting in forum and mailing lists, often you're making the same people read the message twice. Well, probably not very many people, since very few mailing list subscribers participate in forums. But still a few people are reading it twice.

Until I (or hopefully I can convince more people to get on board, then we) can convince more developers and mailing list subscribers to participate on the forum.....if we ever do get our official forum. Until then, generally the reason you'd want to post on the mailing list, is if you want or need a reply from developers and/or advanced users. There are handful of developers and advanced users who participate on forums, but it's usually quite sporadic.

All the above is just my opinion.

All best, brynn

-----Original Message----- From: PipingDesignCentral . Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 11:28 AM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: [Inkscape-user] SVG Questions and Inkscape Forum

Is it OK if I post an SVG-related question both at http://www.inkscapeforum.com AND here?

Paul

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Well yes, generally people from the Inkscape community run both. But the forum hosting is paid for out of the pocket of a single person (not a developer). I think it is considered to be a 3rd party forum.

That's the short story. I'm not sure if you're interested in the long story. But a forum managed officially by the project is in the works. It's sort of stalled on logistics at the moment, but still in the works.

brynn

-----Original Message----- From: PipingDesignCentral . Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 2:02 PM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] SVG Questions and Inkscape Forum

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 3:52 PM, brynn <brynn@...3089...> wrote:

"if we ever do get our official forum"

OK, thanks.

For some reason I thought the Inkscape forum and this mailing list was run by the same people.

Paul

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