We are experimenting with using Github discussions as an additional way of getting support.

We are actively looking for community members to help support our users here. As long as we can demonstrate that there is enough questions and answers here to make this forum sustainable, we will keep this section active.

What can we discuss here? General Symfony topics, support for "own code" problems that use Symfony? Does it affect #support on Slack? Thank you for this initiative!

Sounds like a good idea to try!

I'll miss the direct engagement part and spinoff discussions, though that's nothing compared to the gain of discoverability for existing issues.

Good idea. I like it 😏👍

Great idea :)

What a great experiment. Let's hope it stays.

We need a proper forum like back with the symfony1 days.

comments like#32080 (comment) by@carsonbot should be moved to discussions btw, not issues/PRs IMHO

i think we're better of closing unanswered (with actitvty) over time, rather than piling up

I'd like to see a forum for new Symfony developers and/or a forum for people working through Symfony 5:The Fast Track book. At this point, many questions & answers I see are too advanced for me but I would still like to participate somehow. There is also sometimes an assumption of knowledge which doesn't yet exist when people answer newbie's questions in general support forums. Thanks.

@authentictech Great idea! I've just created a new category for the book:https://github.com/symfony/symfony/discussions/categories/symfony-book-the-fast-track

I think we need category where people can share knowledge :)