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

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Diego,

Diego Nicola Barbato <address@hidden> skribis:

> 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.

That’d be nice.  Do you know how to contact them?

> After all some people might turn to Reddit before even thinking of
> running `guix --help'.

Uh, I’m an old fart.

Thanks,
Ludo’.