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[Task] Enable GitHub Discussion (to prevent issues being used for questions).

steamopen Feature Request
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10017 · opened 2023-08-27 by beedell-roke · updated 2025-05-01 · 0 comments · github
Bbeedell-roke 2023-08-27 github

Your system information

  1. Steam client version

    #!/usr/bin/env -S bash
    flatpak install 'https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.valvesoftware.Steam.flatpakref' && \
    flatpak update 'app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/x86_64/stable' --commit=173cd565d98d4951bd858bad290e8481a9e72dbf5f7c9c980165a060666184b1
    	# [Origin](https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/3097#issuecomment-1484796387)
    
  2. Distributions

    download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/40/Spins/x86_64/iso/Fedora-KDE-Live-x86_64-40-1.14.iso

  3. Opted into Steam client beta?

    Yes. Specifically, the Families' Beta.

  4. Have you checked for system updates?

    Yes

  5. GPU

    1 × XFX AMD Radeon RX 5700 (from amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XVMXBQW).

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible

My rationale is available at https://github.com/8go/matrix-commander/issues/68#issue-1237645245:

I want to ask questions about this project, but am uncertain of where to.

Consequently, I believe that GitHub Discussions would be useful, because it allows questions to be asked without unnecessary triage and closure (as issues necessitate) like a forum does, and provides obvious demonstration of resolution.

An example is github.com/orgs/community/discussions/5435#discussion-3553097:

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I am thankful for any consideration.

More specifically, the Steam community forums aren't a good fit for this, because like how Steam needs a separate bug-tracker at GitHub in order to use the management and linking features it provides, technical questions about the client's development need a centralized repository filled with technical users who can use GitHub's tools to properly answer them, else https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc is misused for this purpose.

Steps for reproducing this issue

  1. Enablement

    1. [x] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux
    2. [x] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/settings
    3. [ ] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/settings#:~:text=GitHub Archive Program.-,discussions ,-Discussions is the
  2. Visitation

    1. [x] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux
    2. [ ] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/discussions

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