Re: Time to shut down this list?
From: Gary D. Turner (turnermail_at_cox.net)
Date: 12/25/04
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Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:18:30 -0500 To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>Most (all?) of the traffic on -newbies lately has been of technical
>nature. That's not surprising, but there are a number of reasons why
>it's not a good idea:
>
>1. It's not the original charter of the mailing list. For reference:
>
> This list is a gathering place for people new to FreeBSD.
> Please feel free to share your experiences with others on this
> list.
>
> Support questions should be sent to
> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Technical questions should be
> sent to freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org. (NOT to the newbies list
> please)
>
> Full info and FAK http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/
>
> Please read the info and FAK. They contain important information
> regarding the purpose and use of this mailing list.
>
>2. There's already a mailing list for technical questions, as
> mentioned above: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org.
>
>3. Most of the experienced people on the FreeBSD-questions list don't
> read -newbies. If they do, they've been told not to answer
> technical questions there.
>
>The result: ask a question on -newbies and you're less likely to get
>an answer. If you do get an answer, it's less likely to be correct.
>In either case, people on the -questions mailing list are not going to
>see the answer, so even if the answer is correct, it's of less use to
>the community at large.
>
>I'd suggest that we slowly disband this list (over a period of, say,
>two weeks). There are plenty of other FreeBSD mailing lists, and it's
>up to you to join them. If you're interested in technical issues,
>-questions is the obvious one to join.
>
>Comments?
>Greg
>--
>See complete headers for address and phone numbers.
>
>
Greg,
Where you having a bad day when you wrote this? Have you been
around structure so long that you forget; sometimes asking the question
out of context can yield a wealth of knewledge. Either way I am a
newbie who will get the answer from wherever I find it. I am sure you
have a valid reason for writing this but
geewizzzz....................let the bits flow and don't bogart the list
man.
From someone who hopes to see this list continue,
Gary
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