From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id KLL1KkzDwV4EDAAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sun, 17 May 2020 23:05:48 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id WO7YJkzDwV7vdwAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Sun, 17 May 2020 23:05:48 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 389B7940275 for ; Sun, 17 May 2020 23:05:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:53810 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jaSLr-0006qv-52 for larch@yhetil.org; Sun, 17 May 2020 19:05:47 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39450) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jaSHe-0006np-S3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 May 2020 19:01:43 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:42584) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jaSHV-0004lW-6G; Sun, 17 May 2020 19:01:21 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=36096 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jaSHT-0007Sv-0S; Sun, 17 May 2020 19:01:16 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Diego Nicola Barbato Subject: Re: =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=9Cguix_--help=E2=80=9D?= should point to https://guix.gnu.org/help/ References: <87blmpijrs.fsf@elephly.net> <87tv0hkxcr.fsf@GlaDOS.home> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 30 =?utf-8?Q?Flor=C3=A9al?= an 228 de la =?utf-8?Q?R?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 01:01:12 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87tv0hkxcr.fsf@GlaDOS.home> (Diego Nicola Barbato's message of "Fri, 15 May 2020 17:54:12 +0200") Message-ID: <87lflqjhdz.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Guix Devel Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -0.01 X-TUID: 7ZNVWNuewS0d Hi Diego, Diego Nicola Barbato skribis: > zimoun writes: > >> Hi Ricardo, >> >> On Fri, 15 May 2020 at 12:20, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >> >>> annoyed by the fact that people turn to Reddit for help with Guix =E2= =80=94 a >>> venue only very few of us frequent =E2=80=94 I wondered if our help cha= nnels are >>> visible enough. >> >> Maybe it is "cultural" or/and "generational" thing and we cannot do >> really better. Maybe some people prefer channels as Reddit because >> they are a bit "afraid" by email and/or IRC, especially maybe on >> official channels. Maybe because when someone has a problem, the >> first thing they does is a query to popular search engines and then >> browse some Reddit-kind of channels, so maybe they feels like it is a >> good entry point. Maybe some people appreciate the voting system >> (upvote, Discourse, etc.) to be "rewarded". Etc.. >> >> Well, I am not convinced it is an issue about visibility. :-( > > If the main issue is people turning to the subreddit for help, we could > also kindly ask the moderators to advertise the official help channels > in a sticky post. That=E2=80=99d be nice. Do you know how to contact them? > After all some people might turn to Reddit before even thinking of > running `guix --help'. Uh, I=E2=80=99m an old fart. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.