As long as the questions are core-bitcoin-related and not specific to your alternative client.

Good alternative client question:  "I'm writing an alternative client that doesn't store private keys at all (they are generated from the user's password). But I'll need a bitcoin protocol message that does XYZ to make it work; are other clients willing to support that new message?"

Bad alternative client question: "I'm coding my alternative client in Forth; what's the best GUI toolkit to use?"