Am 03.07.2012 01:16, schrieb Karol Babioch:
First of all I'm wondering why HOME_URL is set to the plain HTTP version of archlinux.org, whereas the other two links are set to the secure HTTPS version. This doesn't seem to be consequent. The example shows that Fedora is using the HTTPS version for both the HOME_URL as well as the BUG_REPORT_URL.
The bbs and bug tracker are https-only. If you would go to the http link, you would be redirected to https. A user cannot login on the main website or send any sensitive information to it, so there is no need to force it to https.
After reading the appropriate man page (see [2]), I think the parameter SUPPORT_URL is not appropriate. It is set to "https://bbs.archlinux.org/". Personally I have some sort of a problem with the fact that only the forums get mentioned as a source for support.
Arch Linux is a community-supported OS, and the bbs is appropriate as a support URL.
Personally I don't use the forums very often, but do make use of the mailing lists and the *really* great wiki much more heavily. Furthermore there are the various IRC channels, which probably are used by some of you.
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be some sort of a landing page, summarizing all the different ways you can ask/look for help, e.g. something like "https://www.archlinux.org/support/". Probably this would be the best solution.
Not a bad idea at all. As always, you can send a patch against https://projects.archlinux.org/archweb.git/ to include that landing page or submit a bug to the "Web Sites" category via https://bugs.archlinux.org/newtask/proj1.