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Please note that if you ask for help in places not listed here you may end up getting very poor advice which may cause problems with the tools. Generally we advise against installing 3rd party tools and libraries and we especially advise against modifying your devkitPro provided installation without advice from devkitPro staff. People in other places have an unfortunate habit of seeking to fix the symptoms of a problem without first determining why the problem has occurred. devkitPro staff also like to understand why someone is seeking to do something before helping them do whatever it is they want to do rather than just blindly answering questions at face value. | Please note that if you ask for help in places not listed here you may end up getting very poor advice which may cause problems with the tools. Generally we advise against installing 3rd party tools and libraries and we especially advise against modifying your devkitPro provided installation without advice from devkitPro staff. People in other places have an unfortunate habit of seeking to fix the symptoms of a problem without first determining why the problem has occurred. devkitPro staff also like to understand why someone is seeking to do something before helping them do whatever it is they want to do rather than just blindly answering questions at face value. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem XY problem] tends to get exacerbated by other users "solving" the stated problem when the toolchain maintainers can quite often solve the actual problem since we're familiar with the symptoms of many obscure issues thanks to our long experience, | ||
== Forums == | == Forums == | ||
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== IRC Channels == | == IRC Channels == | ||
You can | You can sometimes find devkitPro staff on the [http://www.blitzed.org/ Blitzed] network using an IRC client like [https://hexchat.github.io/ Hexchat]. Right now the best way to reach us is through the forums above. | ||
[irc://irc.blitzed.org/#dsdev #devkitPro] - devkitPro staff can be found here. | [irc://irc.blitzed.org/#dsdev #devkitPro] - devkitPro staff can be found here. | ||
If you can't get a response on IRC please bear in mind that we do have lives and can't be expected to be online 24/7. IRC is a dying protocol which no longer reflects the needs of modern communication. | |||
== Social Media == | == Social Media == | ||
Twitter: [https://twitter.com/devkitPro devkitPro] [https://twitter.com/davejmurphy WinterMute] [https://twitter.com/fincsdev fincs] [https://twitter.com/mjtheall mtheall] | Twitter: [https://twitter.com/devkitPro devkitPro] [https://twitter.com/davejmurphy WinterMute] [https://twitter.com/fincsdev fincs] [https://twitter.com/mjtheall mtheall] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:35, 22 May 2020
Please note that if you ask for help in places not listed here you may end up getting very poor advice which may cause problems with the tools. Generally we advise against installing 3rd party tools and libraries and we especially advise against modifying your devkitPro provided installation without advice from devkitPro staff. People in other places have an unfortunate habit of seeking to fix the symptoms of a problem without first determining why the problem has occurred. devkitPro staff also like to understand why someone is seeking to do something before helping them do whatever it is they want to do rather than just blindly answering questions at face value. The XY problem tends to get exacerbated by other users "solving" the stated problem when the toolchain maintainers can quite often solve the actual problem since we're familiar with the symptoms of many obscure issues thanks to our long experience,
Forums
devkitPro forums - support and advice for the devkitPro toolchains.
IRC Channels
You can sometimes find devkitPro staff on the Blitzed network using an IRC client like Hexchat. Right now the best way to reach us is through the forums above.
#devkitPro - devkitPro staff can be found here.
If you can't get a response on IRC please bear in mind that we do have lives and can't be expected to be online 24/7. IRC is a dying protocol which no longer reflects the needs of modern communication.
Social Media
Twitter: devkitPro WinterMute fincs mtheall