Re: A Forum for Guix Users

[vidak]

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