Tinu, The phrase "You are welcome" is actually meant to be indicative of the attitude with which I hope that new users would be greeted. Thank you for allowing me to clarify that point. On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Sean Greenslade <sean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 09:26:35AM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: > > > > > On Sep 22, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Mauro Santos via arch-general < > arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Third party installers are not supported in any shape or form. Threads > > > asking for support about derivative distros or third party installers > on > > > the forums will be closed and binned on sight. > > > > > > > How does one define “third-party installer?” By my reading, the > > TalkingArch project, which makes the installation process accessible > > to the visually impaired, could qualify, as it isn’t released by the > > official Arch maintainers. This would be deeply upsetting to me, as I > > am only able to use Arch at all thanks to this project. > > The point is that the official Arch Linux support channels (forums, > mailing lists, etc.) are only for official Arch projects. Any derivative > projects, be they custom installers, distro derivatives, or anything > else, need to run their own support channels. > > If you have an issue with Talking Arch, bring it up with the Talking > Arch project maintainers. If they find your problem is actually with > something in Arch itself, then it would be approproate to raise the > issue on the official Arch support channels. > > --Sean >