doc: Refactor help documents and add a link directly referencing them

Signed-off-by: Sol Jerome <sol.jerome@gmail.com>

git-svn-id: https://svn.mcs.anl.gov/repos/bcfg/trunk/bcfg2@6081 ce84e21b-d406-0410-9b95-82705330c041

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diff --git a/doc/help/index.txt b/doc/help/index.txt
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+.. -*- mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _help-index:
+
+=======================
+Getting Help with Bcfg2
+=======================
+
+Having trouble? We'd like to help!
+
+* Try the :ref:`FAQ <faq-index>` -- it's got answers to many common questions.
+* Looking for specific information? Try the :ref:`genindex`, :ref:`modindex` or the :ref:`detailed table of contents <contents>`.
+* Search for information in the :ref:`help-mailinglist`.
+* Visit our :ref:`help-irc` channel.
+
+.. _report-a-bug:
+
+Report A Bug
+============
+
+Report bugs with Bcfg2 on the `Trac ticket tracker`_.
+
+.. _Bcfg2 mailing list archives: http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki/MailingList
+.. _Trac ticket tracker: http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki
+
+Other ways to get in touch
+==========================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   irc
+   mailinglist
diff --git a/doc/help/irc.txt b/doc/help/irc.txt
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+.. -*- mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _help-irc:
+
+===
+IRC
+===
+
+The Bcfg2 IRC channel is `#bcfg2 on chat.freenode.net`_. It is home
+to both support and development discussions. If you have a question,
+suggestion, or just want to know about Bcfg2, please drop in and say hi.
+
+.. _#bcfg2 on chat.freenode.net: irc://chat.freenode.net/bcfg2
+
+Archives are available at: http://colabti.org/irclogger/irclogger_logs/bcfg2.
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+    <form method="get" action="http://colabti.org/irclogger/irclogger_log_search/bcfg2">
+      <input type=text name=search value='' size=48>
+      <input type=submit value="Search #bcfg2 irc logs">
+      <input type=hidden name=action value=search> <br>
+      in the timespan
+      <input type=text name=timespan value='' size=17>
+      (yyyymmdd-yyyymmdd)
+    <p>Options:<br>
+     <label><input type=checkbox name=nick value="checked">Search in the nick field</label><br>
+     <label><input type=checkbox name=text checked value="checked">Search in the text field</label><br>
+    </form>
+
+Administrative Note
+===================
+
+If the IRC logging stops working for a while, coordinate on #bcfg2 and
+then bug **feb** on #irclogger (freenode), and stick around on that
+channel until you get an answer (**feb** is great, but busy and in a
+non-US time zone). Actually as long as **ilogger2** is logged in you
+should be okay (**feb** looks at the logs).
+
+If you have private logs for the period of time **ilogger2** was off the
+channel, you can convert them to the `format shown here`_, and **feb**
+will incorporate them into the online logs. Be sure to strip out any
+private messages in your logs first :-)
+
+.. _format shown here: http://colabti.org/irclogger/irclogger_log/bcfg2?date=2008-03-21,Fri;raw=on
diff --git a/doc/help/mailinglist.txt b/doc/help/mailinglist.txt
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+.. -*- mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _help-mailinglist:
+
+============
+Mailing List
+============
+
+To subscribe to the mailing list for Bcfg2 please visit the `bcfg-dev
+mailman page`_
+
+`Searchable archives`_ are available from Gmane. You can also read the
+mailing list from any NNTP client via Gmane.
+
+.. _bcfg-dev mailman page: https://lists.mcs.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/bcfg-dev
+.. _Searchable archives: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.bcfg2.devel
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+    <form method="get" action="http://search.gmane.org/">
+    <input type="text" name="query">
+    <input type="hidden" name="group" value="gmane.comp.sysutils.bcfg2.devel">
+    <input type="submit" value="Search gmane.comp.sysutils.bcfg2.devel">
+    </form>