Hi Ben. I've seen some of this, too. I attribute it to the small community and userbase. We just can't compete with the likes of Nix.
On Tue, Jan 2, 2024, 11:52 PM Ian Eure <i...@retrospec.tv> wrote: > Hi Ben, > > I’ve seen some of your posts, and haven’t had any help to offer. > Your questions remind me of others I’ve seen, where someone gets > into the weeds of a problem and asks weedy questions, when they > should be asking big picture questions. I don’t know for if > that’s the case here, but it seems like a possibility. At the > very least, I’ve found that explaining how I got to the point of > having a specific question almost always gets better results. In > the many, many cases where I’ve been on the wrong path, this has > allowed people to suggest better approaches that I didn’t know > about, or hadn’t considered. > > I’d also note that the last three weeks are typically a much > slower time of year for people in the US due to the holidays, and > that almost certainly means that you’ll get slower responses (if > any) for this type of thing. > > — Ian > > Ben Weinstein-Raun <r...@benwr.net> writes: > > > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > > Hello! > > > > I notice that I haven't been able to get much help with Guix, > > via any > > route. Having asked six or seven questions[^1] over the last > > three weeks > > (on this list, on the subreddit, and on the IRC channel), I've > > received > > help with only one of those problems (thanks nckx!). Ultimately > > I've > > cobbled together crappy solutions to my problems over that time, > > but a > > couple knowledgeable responses could have saved me dozens of > > hours. > > > > I'd love to wholeheartedly recommend Guix, because technically > > speaking > > I much prefer it to Nix, and to the "classic" alternatives. I'm > > hugely > > grateful that it exists! Of course it's nobody's responsibility > > to > > answer beginner questions! But at the moment, I'm going to need > > to give > > a big caveat with any recommendation: "The Guix documentation is > > relatively high-quality, but if you want to understand anything > > that > > isn't explained there, you should expect to dive much deeper > > than you > > would with most tools, as it's quite hard to get any engagement > > fr > > om > > people who know the answers to your questions." > > > > One possibility is that there just aren't many people who know > > those > > answers. If that's true, then there's not much to be > > done. Another is > > that I've gone about this wrongly somehow, in which case I'd > > love to > > know how I could do better (in reply to this message is great, > > though I > > also have an anonymous feedback form you can use, if you want to > > be > > really ruthless :-) https://forms.gle/8fYoiNedq2g4UTPj8). And > > another > > possibility is that I've just been unlucky, either with timing, > > or with > > the particular questions I've wanted to ask. > > > > Anyway, what, if anything, could I be doing better? I've read > > and try to > > follow the advice at > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html, > > but it's been a while and it occurs to me that I should refresh > > myself. > > What else? > > > > Thanks for any meta-help! > > > > [1] > > - > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2023-12/msg00123.html > > - > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2023-12/msg00160.html > > - > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2023-12/msg00164.html > > - > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/GUIX/comments/18mimv0/user_services_that_run_on_startup/ > > - https://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2023-12-16.log#003630 > > > > [[End of PGP Signed Part]] > > > >
