Re: Should we start a Guix users wiki?

[Thompson, David]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 5:54 AM, Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Craig Barnes <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Some time ago I asked on IRC about a guix users wiki.  Someone suggest
>> that I propose one here (sorry it's taken so long).
>>
>> I think that a wiki would be a good complement to the manual, which
>> while quite complete, lacks exhaustive examples (which would be
>> impractical).
>
> I have mixed feelings.  There are several issues with a Wiki: one can
> hardly know which version of the software it’s talking about (whereas
> the installed Info pages of PDFs necessarily match the installed
> version), and more importantly, it tends to be disorganized,
> unmaintained, and often misleading.
>
> I would strongly encourage people to help fix the manual as a first
> step.  If information that a user deems useful is missing from the
> manual, then it’s a bug.  I’m willing to make it as simple as possible
> to fix the manual.  But really, the manual should have all the examples
> necessary for people to understand how to tweak things.

+1

- Dave