> On Sep 21, 2017, at 12:44 AM, golinux@??? wrote:
>
> On 2017-09-20 22:36, John Franklin wrote:
>>> On Sep 20, 2017, at 10:59 PM, golinux@??? 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
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