2008/6/23 Kevin Fenzi <kevin(a)scrye.com>:
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>:
> [ snip ]
>
> > 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 would think that they could go to #fedora and be directed appropriately
I think spreading our resources this way is a bad idea.
How is this spreading our resources? One person can have multiple IRC
tabs open, no?
> > 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.
Fair enough, not sure if you're agreeing or rebutting 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
>
> [ snip ]
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.
I don't really see how having multiple resources equals spreading resources.
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