Re: “guix --help” should point to https://guix.gnu.org/help/

[zimoun]

Hi Ricardo,

On Fri, 15 May 2020 at 12:20, Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:

> annoyed by the fact that people turn to Reddit for help with Guix — a
> venue only very few of us frequent — I wondered if our help channels 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. :-(


> “guix --help” prints this:
>
>   Report bugs to: address@hidden.
>   GNU Guix home page: <https://guix.gnu.org>
>   General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
>
> I think it should explicitly point to https://guix.gnu.org/help/, maybe
> right before “General help using GNU software”.

Yes, it cost nothing and could improve.


All the best,
simon