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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-to: Felix Lechner From: Felix Lechner via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Scanner: mx0.migadu.com X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -6.62 X-Spam-Score: -6.62 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: DF7C750AF5 X-TUID: NYq4g5xxjLgE Hi Robby and Sarthak, On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 7:17=E2=80=AFAM Robby Zambito wrote: > > I personally think that it would be wiser to improve the documentation > relating to the mailing lists and IRC logs I'm technically one of the administrators of forums.debian.net and would not recommend web-based "forums" to projects that do not have them. They are hard to search and even harder to police. Also, the software tends to be based on dated technologies. There are better ways to help people in need. The points that were mentioned resonate with me, but I actually find Guix's documentation quite good already (possibly even second after Arch). We have five broad issues, however: 1. Our community is small, and possibly shrinking. 2. Scheme is a niche language that is not being promoted enough. 3. Guix uses a complex file layout that's different from most other distributions. 4. Our master branch often suffers from small defects that prevent declared systems (and home configurations) from being updated in full. 5. Substitute availability is good, but download speeds can be poor due to peering issues. Personally, I think that promoting GNU Guile in other settings has perhaps the best potential to lower our barriers to entry. People should not be writing shell scripts in 2023. Other than that, everyone can make themselves available to help folks with difficulties on the existing mailing lists. Everyone writes something silly from time to time. It's not a big deal. The helping hand is what counts! Kind regards Felix