Where is the user community? (Was Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package)
Hi,
On Sun, Jul 28, 2024 at 06:15:21PM +0100, Ian Molton wrote:
> Which web forum has the commuity moved to then? I should like to join it...
Sadly, the Debian project is not willing to move with the times and
bless a modern web support community such as Discourse (a Stack
Overflow or AskUbuntu-like interface, for those who are unaware).
They tried a couple of times to launch such a thing but without any
official support and very little advertising, no one used it and the
efforts faltered each time. Without a concerted effort to drive user
support to such a place, I don't think it's worth trying again.
There is a Debian web forum which is not official and I wouldn't
recommend it.
So we soldier on with this mailing list which has a dwindling appeal
just because email itself has a dwindling appeal, as well as all of
the list's other deficiencies as a support venue. This is not a
popular view here as there are a small number of prolific posters
here who enjoy holding court. Overall though, I don't think users
want to use email for support.
In summary I think the answer to your question is "the support
venues of other distributions".
If not wanting to change distribution you could try posting
questions on ServerFault or Unix&Linux Stack Exchange.
If you're specifically wanting to interact with Debian developers
though, as previously mentioned you really have to engage with the
Debian bug tracking system.
Thanks,
Andy
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