When I started running and developing for Plan9 again I mostly did it from the 9front fqa. It's a solid resource. I would suggest one improvement: a very visible link to section 4 "9front Installation Guide", above the fold, would ease many of the concerns of a first time user.
Paul On Mon, Jun 2, 2025, 10:43 a.m. Jacob Moody <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/1/25 23:53, Cody Holliday wrote: > > Hey Jacob, > > > > That is all really interesting! You have put a ton of work into > > improving things. > > I myself have been thankful for the qemu builds so I can skip all the > > rigamarole. > > > > I think to Ron's point: why is this not clear and easy to find on the > > 9front site? > > The qemu images are listed along with all the other release images, so > I feel that's pretty out in the open. The nightly site is listed in the > FQA as well. However I would still suggest that most users at least > start with a release iso. We do a lot more testing leading up to a release > then we have automated for the nightly releases. > > Most of these other things, the github mirrors and drawterm CI, are more > of a developer convenience then anything else. To me it doesn't make much > sense to advertise them as much. I shopped this stuff around local 9front > watering holes at the time. The contributions and technical discussion > happening about developing 9front code has not historically happened much > on 9fans, don't get me wrong I am very pleased that it is, however it is > not surprising that some newer changes take a bit of time to get around. > > > > > Clearly if people are having the troubles in Ron's email, then this > > information is > > not as available or obvious as it should be. > > > > Not denigrating your message, just pointing out a usability problem. > > I have not seen the bug reports, so it is hard for me to say. > When someone had issues were they directed to finding resources in the > 9front FQA? Were they directed to reporting drawterm build bugs to us? > > Are there specific changes you would make to the FQA that would better > communicate this information? > > > > > I'll use your resources in the future :) > > > > Please do. :) > > Thanks, > Jacob ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tbe8e5fda6ae62f5c-M3a8e783aa1a10fbabca789ee Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
