Package: debian-faq Severity: normal Tags: +patch Reporting this as a bug so it won't get lost. Sebul and Justin B Rye: thanks a lot!
Bye, Joost On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 09:38:41AM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote: > Sebul wrote: > > Please see > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/support.en.html#s12.2.2 > > At 12.2.2. Webforms > > link to debianHELP is strange. > > Apparently its decay has reached the stage of expired SSL > certificates, so it's about time debian-faq/support.dbk was trimmed > back to only point at forums.debian.net. > > <section id="s12.2.2"><title>Web forum</title> > <para> > <ulink url="http://forums.debian.net/";>Debian User Forums</ulink> > provides web forums on which you can submit questions about Debian > and have them answered by other users. (It is not officially part > of the Debian project.) > </para> > </section> > > That would be a minimal fix, but I'd also want to reorganise it now. > DebianHELP was entirely "third-party", but forums.debian.net is not > ("https://bits.debian.org/2021/08/debianuserforums.html";) - the > debian-user mailinglist isn't "official" in that it guarantees an > authoritative answer from the DPL, or supersedes the NO WARRANTY > warnings, it's just that it's the "preferred" support channel. > Perhaps it needs to say something like: > > <section id="s12.2.2"><title>Web forum</title> > <para> > Besides the official mailing lists, there are also web forums at > <ulink url="http://forums.debian.net/";>Debian User Forums</ulink> > on which you can submit questions about Debian and have them > answered by other users. > </para> > </section> > -- > JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian > sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package >
