On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:44:32 -0500
pemboa(a)gmail.com ("Arthur Pemberton") wrote:
2008/6/23 Kevin Fenzi <kevin(a)scrye.com>:
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> Agreed. Also, expecting users to find some subchannel is impossible.
I don't see how someone can find #fedora, but not #fedora-kde. How do
you see that?
We could put up a page directing people.
New users often don't know where their problem is. If my system locks
up when I login to the desktop, would I look for #fedora-kernel? Or
#fedora-gnome? Do I even know I am running gnome?
I think spreading our resources this way is a bad idea.
> Many folks are new to Linux and Fedora and even have a hard time
> articulating their questions. Many have multiple questions on
> various subjects.
such a person would go to the "general" list
ok. Many people don't realize they have many questions until the first
is answered and leads to another however.
> There are surely some cases where people are reffered to other
> channels, ie, if they have a selinux question that no one in #fedora
> can figure out, they are sent to #selinux, if they are running
> rawhide and have a complex question, they can go ask in
> #fedora-devel, etc.
quite true, more would be better IMHO
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I agree, but only where such channels have a community of users and
other purpose. I think trying to start such for purely support reasons
is spreading our limited resources too thin.
kevin