Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 17:55:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> To: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) Cc: nate@trout.sri.MT.net, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, hsu@freefall.cdrom.com, FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Gating hackers into the newsgroups Message-ID: <199504222155.RAA05328@hda.com> In-Reply-To: <199504221940.UAA28580@isl.cf.ac.uk> from "Paul Richards" at Apr 22, 95 08:40:09 pm
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Paul Richards writes: > > In reply to Nate Williams who said > > > > > What do people think about a full hackers<->comp.os.freebsd gateway then? > > > > I'm against it for the reasons already given, which mostly include the > > signal/noise ratio. > > > > Even the Linux developers have given up on the newsgroups and do most of > > the work in mailing lists. I *rarely* see any postings from Linus, and > > there are only 2-3 developers who answer questions anymore. > > I'm not going to push strongly for this but I'll make one last point. I'm > only talking about hackers, which is not a development list and isn't > even that technical, it more of a general discussion list and really > plays the role that the newsgroup should. > > If we did set up a gateway then I guess the role will evolve and if it > does get noisy people will drop from it and use -current instead. I > don't see this being such a bad thing really and it would show the > wider newsgroup audience that we're actually a pretty active project. > Our mailing list definition: > freebsd-hackers Technical discussions and suggestions ... > freebsd-current Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current I don't mind having "questions" gated to the newsgroup. I don't want to see hackers gated. IMHO, -current isn't for technical talk, it is for "BE SURE YOU RECOMPILE CONFIG" and other notes specifically pertaining to running -current. If -hackers isn't technical which lists are? Also, which are the development lists? Am I missing out on a whole bunch of good technical discussion about FreeBSD? Peter -- Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267
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