Timeline for How should we interpret "Development on Ubuntu" in the FAQ?
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| Jan 11, 2013 at 4:12 | comment | added | Nathan Osman | You got a downvote from me - none of those questions are an appropriate fit for this site. | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 21:56 | comment | added | Eliah Kagan | @Flimm Neither, I was just trying to figure out what we currently do. Here's what I think we should do. | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 20:30 | comment | added | Flimm | I was hoping that my answer would get downvoted to oblivion, but it hasn't got a single downvote yet! Can't people see that example question three really is not appropriate for our community? If the only thing that makes a programming question on-topic is that the programmer happens to run Ubuntu, but it could be any other OS, it really shouldn't be here, but on SO. | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 20:28 | comment | added | Flimm | @EliahKagan: are you saying that this is a good thing or a bad thing? | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 20:19 | comment | added | Eliah Kagan | I don't think this is actually the currently accepted practice. When a programming question is not platform specific at all, and is not particularly related to Ubuntu, it is usually closed. Even when a programming question is platform-specific in a way that makes Ask Ubuntu a particularly good place to ask it, it often gets close votes if it's not answered or commented on fast enough. (The exception seems to be when it's about creating graphical interfaces with Python. We seem to keep those open whether or not they are about Ubuntu or even platform-specific in any way.) | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 13:07 | comment | added | gertvdijk | +1 for "We expect that they are aware of Stack Overflow, so they must have a reason to choose Ask Ubuntu instead." Yet, I think they should mention why they chose to post it here. | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 13:03 | comment | added | Flimm | This is my genuine interpretation of the FAQ and of currently held best practises, although I don't agree with it myself, so I'm interested to see what the community thinks! | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 13:02 | history | answered | Flimm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |