[wp-forums] Suggestion for wp.com questions, and one other thing

[TechGnome]

I don't disagree with any of that... but I think you misunderstood what 
I meant.
What I meant was that.... since it is the same group of devs that work 
on WP AND bbPress, one has to suffer at the expense of the other. So... 
My thought was that maybe it's time to get a different group of devs to 
work on bbPress and get it mo' better. That had been my intent, and in 
retrospect what I should have said the first time. I don't mind bbPress 
on bit, it's come a long way, but it could use some improvement, and for 
that a couple of devs need to be available. Here's the cycle: devs work 
their arse off getting WP out... take a break, meanwhile bugs from WP 
are piling up... now, do they then work on WP bugs, or bbP? Tough 
choice, but the winner will be WP.

Like I said though. It might be crazy talk.

-tg



Podz wrote:

>TechGnome wrote:
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>>Maybe it's time for a separate group independant of WP to take up the
>>bbPress banner and work with it. OR is that crazy talk?
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>I see the problem as having 3 elements:
>- the forum software
>- the forums
>- the forum inhabitants
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>Forum Software
>I really like bbPress. It's clean, it's quick and it does the job way
>better than any other software. However, as has been discussed before we
>(the regular users) would like some changes here and there.
>
>that leads to: The Forums
>We haven't got enough. There are too many posts covering too many issues
>all squashed into one small place. This makes it harder to search (per
>forum search maybe in the future ?), harder to pick the active threads
>out. Much has been done with the tagging and resolved/not but it still
>keeps too much in too small a place. So a suggestion:
>- Installation
>- Troubleshooting WP
>- Troubleshooting Plugins and Modifications
>- Plugin Developers
>- Themes
>- Your WordPress
>- Misc
>There is probably another couple that could be added / divided from
>those. Make the individual forums much more specific. Yes I know there
>are lists but equally the forums are a viable place.
>
>which leads to: The inhabitants
>Fact is that the forum needs more regular helpers. I would argue that
>the above 2 elements would work toward creating an environment that
>would encourage help. If you can code, then there are two forums above
>which are for you. If you can't there is somewhere else. If themes are
>your thing, jump in.
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>Just creating the forums isn't a problem - that can be done now. But an
>approach which has been discussed here and a consensus agreed would be
>so much better.
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>There are people - probably some who read this list - who I'm sure could
>jump in and help develop the above. A couple of weeks of work - and then
> we'll shut up and stop moaning :)
>
>P.
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