Re: Should we start a Guix users wiki?

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hi,

Craig Barnes <cjbarnes18@gmail.com> skribis:

> Some time ago I asked on IRC about a guix users wiki.  Someone suggest
> that I propose one here (sorry it's taken so long).
>
> I think that a wiki would be a good complement to the manual, which
> while quite complete, lacks exhaustive examples (which would be
> impractical).

I have mixed feelings.  There are several issues with a Wiki: one can
hardly know which version of the software it’s talking about (whereas
the installed Info pages of PDFs necessarily match the installed
version), and more importantly, it tends to be disorganized,
unmaintained, and often misleading.

I would strongly encourage people to help fix the manual as a first
step.  If information that a user deems useful is missing from the
manual, then it’s a bug.  I’m willing to make it as simple as possible
to fix the manual.  But really, the manual should have all the examples
necessary for people to understand how to tweak things.

There might be cases where specific information doesn’t quite fit in the
manual, like, say, instructions for a specific laptop model.  These
could go in a wiki.

Overall, I think it’s fine to have stuff at
<https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/> for instance, but the manual
should clearly remain the primary source of documentation, without any
ambiguity.

So, what would you like to add to the manual?  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo’.