[haiku-development] Re: Preparing Alpha 1
- From: "Dennis d'Entremont" <dennis.dentremont@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:45:38 -0300
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 2008/8/19 Remi Grumeau <remi.grumeau@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >> I previously recommended http://dev.haiku-os.org because it's a wiki
> >> page and can be altered to change the support information available to
> >> users as needed... but now I'm wondering if we shouldn't just setup a
> >> specific sub-domain: http://support.haiku-os.org which redirects to a
> >> page on Drupal (perhaps http://haiku-os.org/support) containing links
> >> to all the relevant support resources such as Trac, the IRC channel,
> >> the forums, the mailing list pages, etc.
> >
> > Like Andreas pointed out, the word "support" itself shares an idea that
> > someone will bring you support, like yT was giving support by phone.
> > Which is not the case here AFAIU.
>
> My understanding of the word "support" doesn't indicate that it's any
> such official thing. What single word would you use to describe
> community-driven and developer-driven support?
>
> Support is exactly what the users want, and what they'll get if they
> engage the community in the proper channels. So, the word isn't the
> problem, it's where they go to get their support that is the key
> factor here.
+1
DD
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> - Urias
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