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Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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> This is something that's been in the back of my mind for a while, but I |
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> haven't really come up with any good solutions for. |
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> With the release of the installer, we will be getting a lot of users who |
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> have never done a manual install and haven't/won't read the handbook. |
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> This is obviously not desirable due to the increased amount of dumb |
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> questions that will flood #gentoo and the gentoo-user ML. |
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> My idea was for a "quiz" from the handbook before the user is allowed to |
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> use the installer. This would force them to atleast skim the handbook |
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> before using the installer. This idea has been met with a lot of |
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> resistance by other developers, even though I had a lot of support for |
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> it about 6-8 months back. |
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> Do anyone else have a better idea? |
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I am strongly opposed to a quiz because it could possibly put an unnecessary burden on technically qualified people. I would prefer a strong warning message as suggested by Michael. |
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If they exist, we will find ways to deal with the "floods of newbies" who disregard the warning. For example, we could have separate channels/mailing lists for newbies. If they use the wrong channel/list, then we should politely inform them that they have breached the accepted etiquette standards and point them in the right direction. |
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Zac |
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