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

[Diego Nicola Barbato]

Hey,

zimoun <address@hidden> writes:

> 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. :-(

If the main issue is people turning to the subreddit for help, we could
also kindly ask the moderators to advertise the official help channels
in a sticky post.  After all some people might turn to Reddit before
even thinking of running `guix --help'.

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Regards,

Diego