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On Tuesday 26 June 2012 08:46:45 Darren Hart wrote:
> On 06/26/2012 03:09 AM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> > I suggested to Scott R previously that it might be worth having a project
> > FAQ (i.e., what is this project about, what is it intended to be used for
> > etc.) and a separate technical FAQ which answers the kind of questions
> > you are expecting and that we see often on the mailing list. I think one
> > of the reasons that hasn't been done is that we're hoping to introduce a
> > Q&A function on the website similar to StackOverflow, where everyone can
> > participate but the most appropriate answers bubble up to the top. As yet
> > this has not been implemented and I'm not sure when it will be, so it may
> > still be worth looking into a static technical FAQ on the wiki until it
> > is.
> 
> Is "technical FAQ" == "How-Do-I pages" ?

Kind of, except most but not all FAQ questions really fit into "How do I...".

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre