> On Sep 21, 2017, at 12:44 AM, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> 
> On 2017-09-20 22:36, John Franklin wrote:
>>> On Sep 20, 2017, at 10:59 PM, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
>>> From a search for 'network-manager' in the botbot logs.
>>> https://botbot.me/freenode/devuan/search/?q=network-manager
>>> Was that so hard?
>> Yes, it is.  And condescending.
>> Why would someone look at the IRC logs of a site that they've never
>> heard of to find out about something in the Jessie and Ascii
>> repositories?
>> jf
> 
> Because botbot logs the #devuan irc channel where a LOT of questions are 
> answered and or solved.  IMO every Devuan user should have it bookmarked.  It 
> is mentioned frequently on all Devuan communication channels - those 
> references are pretty hard to miss - and it should be one of the first 
> resources to tap.  Think of it as a variation on "give a man a fish/teach a 
> man to fish" . . .  Of course, checking the repository as you did is the most 
> logical place to look for a package.

I have seen projects suggest IRC channels as a place to ask a question, because 
the people who hang out there tend to be knowledgable.  I have *never* seen a 
project suggest searching IRC logs for answers, because IRC tends to ramble and 
finding a coherent answer is difficult at best.

Nor is botbot an obvious Devuan resource.  It is not mentioned anywhere on 
www.devuan.org, [1] so why would there be a reasonable expectation to even 
*think* to look there?

jf
[1] 
https://www.google.com/search?q=botbot+site%3Adevuan.org&oq=botbot+site%3Adevuan.org
-- 
John Franklin
frank...@tux.org



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