Re: [Qemu-devel] [Webpage PATCH] add support page

[Marc-André Lureau]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 2:58 PM Alex Bennée <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> This is intended to be a useful page we can link to in the banner of
> the IRC channel explaining the various support options someone might
> have.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <address@hidden>

May be you should remove "bug reporting" and "contact" sections from
README, and link to this file instead?

anyway lgtm,
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>

> ---
>  support.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 support.md
>
> diff --git a/support.md b/support.md
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..b9f4aa6
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/support.md
> @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
> +---
> +title: Support
> +permalink: /support/
> +---
> +
> +If you have a support question that is not answered by our
> +[documentation](/documentation) you have a number of options available
> +to you.
> +
> +If the question is specifically about the integration of QEMU with the
> +rest of your distribution you may be better served by asking through
> +your distribution's support channels. This includes questions about a
> +specifically packaged versions of QEMU. The developers are generally
> +concerned with the latest release and the current state of the [master
> +branch](https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git).
> +
> +Questions about complex configurations of networking and storage are
> +usually met with a recommendation to use management tool like
> +[virt-manager](https://virt-manager.org/) from the [libvirt
> +project](https://libvirt.org/) to configure and run QEMU.
> +
> +* There is a
> +[address@hidden](https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-discuss)
> +mailing list for user focused questions<br>
> +If your question is more technical or architecture specific you may
> +want to send your question to another of [QEMU's mailing
> +lists](https://wiki.qemu.org/MailingLists)
> +
> +* A lot of developers hang around on IRC (network: irc.oftc.net,
> +channel #qemu)<br> QEMU developers tend to hold normal office hours
> +and are distributed around the world. Please be patient as you may
> +have to wait some time for a response. If you can't leave IRC open and
> +wait you may be better served by a mailing list.
> +
> +* If you think you have found a bug you can report it on [our bug
> +  tracker](https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/)<br>
> +Please see our guide on [how to report a bug](/contribute/report-a-bug/)
> --
> 2.20.1
>
>


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Marc-André Lureau