Discussion:
Is debianHELP correct ?
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Sebul
2021-10-01 06:40:02 UTC
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Hello.
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.

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Justin B Rye
2021-10-01 08:40:01 UTC
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Post by Sebul
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
Joost van Baal-Ilić
2021-10-01 09:10:01 UTC
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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
Post by Justin B Rye
Post by Sebul
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.
<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
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