From: vidak@riseup.net
To: Sarthak Shah <shahsarthakw@gmail.com>
Cc: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: A Forum for Guix Users
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 22:38:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a72212a0b18823e6298d4aa6586ec275@riseup.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADBZEVn_DKTUdZ50typiCF=SsLcmbFtxTgXCP166cfawHNo_3g@mail.gmail.com>
On 2023-07-13 21:52, Sarthak Shah wrote:
> Hey Guix,
> I think we should seriously consider having a user forum similar to
> Debian's User Forum or Nixos' Discourse.
>
> As of now, it's a bit difficult for beginners to find answers to their
> problems in the mailing list or in IRC logs as they aren't very easy to
> navigate compared to forum threads. Seeing the situation with RHEL, I think
> now's the perfect time for us to acquire new HPC/stability-oriented users
> in particular, and I believe that most of them would not be very
> IRC/mailing list-savvy either.
> It would also immensely help to have community discussions and other forms
> of information concentrated in one location instead of split over the IRC
> and the mailing list.
>
> If we are to go ahead with making a forum, I think I'm speaking for a lot
> of people here when I say that I don't want a forum that cannot be used
> without Javascript or cannot be built/deployed with Guix. Given these
> constraints, Discourse is not a good option as it does not build on Guix.
> phpBB and SMF are two good options we could look into, although they look a
> little dated compared to discourse. Flarum might also be worth looking
> into, but I am not sure if it will build properly on Guix.
>
> Software suggestions as well as thoughts on this idea would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Regards,
> Sarthak.
A great idea. I would use a forum. I would say just go ahead and set up
a forum yourself, and I'll bring some people along that I know from the
fediverse.
~vidak
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-13 22:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-13 13:52 A Forum for Guix Users Sarthak Shah
2023-07-13 14:05 ` Robby Zambito
2023-07-13 15:21 ` Csepp
2023-07-14 11:31 ` Msavoritias
2023-07-15 13:43 ` Attila Lendvai
2023-07-15 21:00 ` MSavoritias
2023-07-16 5:55 ` Julien Lepiller
2023-07-15 2:45 ` kiasoc5
2023-07-15 13:59 ` Attila Lendvai
2023-07-15 13:14 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2023-07-14 21:10 ` Felix Lechner via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-07-15 13:27 ` Attila Lendvai
2023-07-16 10:33 ` Pjotr Prins
2023-07-16 23:30 ` Csepp
2023-07-17 17:41 ` Attila Lendvai
2023-07-17 7:37 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2023-07-17 8:17 ` MSavoritias
2023-07-17 20:29 ` Csepp
2023-07-13 14:40 ` Andrea Rossi
2023-07-13 22:38 ` vidak [this message]
2023-07-17 7:58 ` Etienne B. Roesch
2023-08-19 12:47 ` Simon Tournier
2023-07-18 1:52 ` Wilko Meyer
2023-07-18 16:39 ` Nguyễn Gia Phong via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-07-18 21:12 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2023-08-19 11:54 ` Simon Tournier
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-07-14 20:19 Andy Tai
2023-07-14 21:17 ` Sarthak Shah
2023-07-14 21:26 ` Felix Lechner via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-07-14 22:12 ` Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-07-14 23:50 ` Nguyễn Gia Phong via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-07-21 13:30 ` 宋文武
2023-07-18 11:45 Distopico
2023-07-21 8:37 ` Etienne B. Roesch
2023-07-23 16:17 ` Ahmed Khanzada
2023-07-24 2:41 ` Csepp
2023-08-19 10:59 ` Simon Tournier
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