From e5fde7a4763b269fff8abf611d318339d6d32bfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Hammond Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak the contact details in the README Try to encourage people to use ckan-discuss and Stack Overflow for support questions, and keep ckan-dev and #ckan for development discussion. --- README.rst | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 17fce2e20d0..136377417f4 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -18,14 +18,21 @@ Installation See the `CKAN Documentation `_ for installation instructions. -Community ---------- +Support +------- -* Developer mailing list: `ckan-dev@lists.okfn.org `_ -* Developer IRC channel: `#ckan on irc.freenode.net `_ -* `Issue tracker `_ -* `CKAN tag on StackOverflow `_ -* `Wiki `_ +If you need help with CKAN or want to ask a question about CKAN, use either the +`ckan-discuss`_ mailing list or the `CKAN tag on Stack Overflow`_ (try +searching the Stack Overflow and ckan-discuss archives for an answer to your +question first). + +If you've found a bug in CKAN, open a new issue on CKAN's `GitHub Issues`_ (try +searching first to see if there's already an issue for your bug). + + +.. _CKAN tag on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ckan +.. _ckan-discuss: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/ckan-discuss +.. _GitHub Issues: https://github.com/okfn/ckan/issues Contributing to CKAN @@ -34,6 +41,17 @@ Contributing to CKAN For contributing to CKAN or its documentation, see `CONTRIBUTING `_. +If you want to talk about CKAN development say hi to the CKAN developers on the +`ckan-dev`_ mailing list or in the `#ckan`_ IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. + +If you've figured out how to do something with CKAN and want to document it for +others. make a new page on the `CKAN wiki`_, and tell us about it on +`ckan-dev`_. + +.. _ckan-dev: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/ckan-dev +.. _#ckan: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ckan +.. _CKAN Wiki: https://github.com/okfn/ckan/wiki + Copying and License -------------------