This is intended to be a useful page we can link to in the banner of the IRC channel explaining the various support options someone might have.
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> --- v2 - add cleanups suggested by Stefan --- support.md | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 support.md diff --git a/support.md b/support.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9174bbb --- /dev/null +++ b/support.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +--- +title: Support +permalink: /support/ +--- + +If you have a support question that is not answered by our +[documentation](/documentation) you have a number of options available +to you. + +If the question is specifically about the integration of QEMU with the +rest of your Linux distribution you may be better served by asking +through your distribution's support channels. This includes questions +about a specifically packaged version of QEMU. The QEMU developers are +generally concerned with the latest release and the current state of +the [master branch](https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git) and do not +provide support for QEMU binaries shipped by Linux distributions. + +Questions about complex configurations of networking and storage are +usually met with a recommendation to use management tools like +[virt-manager](https://virt-manager.org/) from the [libvirt +project](https://libvirt.org/) to configure and run QEMU. Management +tools handle the low-level details of setting up devices that most +users should not need to learn. + +* There is a +[qemu-disc...@nongnu.org](https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-discuss) +mailing list for user focused questions<br> +If your question is more technical or architecture specific you may +want to send your question to another of [QEMU's mailing +lists](https://wiki.qemu.org/MailingLists) + +* A lot of developers hang around on IRC (network: irc.oftc.net, +channel #qemu)<br> QEMU developers tend to hold normal office hours +and are distributed around the world. Please be patient as you may +have to wait some time for a response. If you can't leave IRC open and +wait you may be better served by a mailing list. + +* If you think you have found a bug you can report it on [our bug + tracker](https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/)<br> +Please see our guide on [how to report a bug](/contribute/report-a-bug/) -- 2.20.1
