Distro-specific forum tags

TheStachelfisch · March 9, 2024, 11:43pm

I think it would be a great addition to add specific forum tags for all kinds of common Linux distros.
Specific tags for this could look like:
Linux/Ubuntu
Linux/Fedora
Linux/ArchLinux
Linux/NixOS
…

These tags would make it a lot easier to search for distro-specific issues. And it would allow splitting up the huge self-help threads and maybe convert them to wiki posts, so they can better be indexed. It currently is a huge pain to follow along with big self help threads of browse posts that are specific to a distro.

Curious to see what other people think about this.

MJ1 · March 9, 2024, 11:49pm

We could more tags in general.
Also, I wonder if there is a forum setting that would allow assigning multiple tags. Looks like it’s limited to only one currently.

TheStachelfisch · March 10, 2024, 12:02am

Discourse, the forum software Framework uses has a config option for how many max tags are allowed in a post, seems like they have it set to one max.

github.com

discourse/discourse/blob/main/config/site_settings.yml#L3044


      
              max: 36500
            revoke_user_api_keys_maxlife_days:
              default: 0
              max: 36500
              hidden: true
          
          tags:
            tagging_enabled:
              client: true
              default: true
              refresh: true
            tag_style:
              client: true
              type: enum
              default: "simple"
              choices:
                - simple
                - bullet
                - box
              preview: '<div class="discourse-tags"><span class="discourse-tag {{value}}">tag1</span><span class="discourse-tag {{value}}">tag2</span></div>'
            max_tags_per_topic: