Re^2: Why oh Why oh Whyo (Catalyst Woes)

[phaylon]

The deal is: if you are a beginner with Catalyst, go to IRC IMMEDIATELY.

I'd extend that to a: And please, after your problem is solved, just put it on the wiki. There's also a SolvedIssues page on it.

I bet if enough newbies overwhelmed the channel, the documentation effort would probably accelerate dramatically ;) If the IRC channel is just treated as an answering-machine, I fear it won't. But as stated above, a simple contribution (problem/symptoms/solution) to the wiki is worth a lot. As I see it, there are three kinds of people giving Catalyst a drive:

- The "alchemysts" (those who bring new ideas, techniques and modules no one thought about before)
- The "live infantry" (those who make--sometimes heavy--use of Catalyst in production, finding edges, problems and things that need to get simpler) and
- The "players" (those who play around with it. Some of these are also likely to improve documentation when they know where it's needed, submit simple patches, etc.)