Re: A Forum for Guix Users

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Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name> writes:

>> Regarding the forum I dont think any forum would have much traction.
>> I agree that either matrix or xmpp could be considered instead for that
>> purpose.
>> As a more approachable chat mechanism compared to IRC.
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>
> it's an essential role of a forum that latecomers find the earlier
> questions/discussions, typically through a websearch. a forum's
> primary user-story is very much not that of a chat, i.e. a real-time,
> ephemeral, linear flow of text, sometimes with multiple overlapping
> discussions, and as such not very well processed by the search engine
> crawlers...
>
> i think it all boils down to this:
>
> mailing list archives (and IRC logs) are stuck in time. their underlying data 
> model is inadequate for efficient indexing/searching, and often lack 
> structure even to conveniently present the archive to the user.

Good point.
My thinking is that next we miss too things for that:

1. Easy search and indexing of our docs. Which already exists for the
most part. Searching for occurunces of words like grep or a full blown
wiki like gentoo or arch would be an interesting future approach.
2. We need something easier than gnu info to contribute docs. As I have
read a lot in irc for it to be a barrier. And personally its one of the
main reasons i havent contributed yet. That I need time to learn
it. That and I can't easily change or add Docs. I have to do pull
requests and such.

Thats why I was also aggreeing with Sourcehut in the other email. (Which
already has guix ci support.) Guix would benefit from less NIH imo. At
least in places where there already better solutions.

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