[SciPy-User] Mail list proposal/idea

[Vincent Davis]

I meant to post this on the numpy list since there was already a
thread going about the mail list, So I would prefer to keep the
discussion there but don't really care.

Vincent

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Vincent Davis <vincent at vincentdavis.net> wrote:
> I prefer the mail list but stackoverflow.com is good. But what I
> really like about stackoverflow is not the answers but the ability to
> search and even the dynamic search when I start to type a question.
> Here are a few ideas
>
> 1) When the first email of a tread is processed by the mail serve a
> search of similar question is done and the relevant posts are attached
> (as links) at the bottom of the message.
>
> 2) A web based interface that is similar to stackoverflow in that a
> user can search and post within the same page and as they type a
> question suggested relevant posts are shown.
>
> I probably should be posting this elsewhere, like on some mailman list.
>
> Do you think this is feasible (cost, benefit) or desirable?
>
> Vincent
>