From owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 1 05:20:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F272516A54F; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 05:20:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (mta7.pltn13.pbi.net [64.164.98.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E048943D31; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 05:20:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (eccfa23780b19e3232873b7f302121be@adsl-67-115-73-128.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.73.128])i31DKRWE003559; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 05:20:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B6E3052145; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 05:20:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 05:20:26 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Paul Robinson Message-ID: <20040401132026.GA69240@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040401061016.GA62958@xor.obsecurity.org> <1080824677.406c1365cfd14@mail.servitor.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1080824677.406c1365cfd14@mail.servitor.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: config@FreeBSD.org cc: postmaster@FreeBSD.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Removing the freebsd-config list X-BeenThere: freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Installation and Configuration List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 13:20:33 -0000 --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 02:04:37PM +0100, Paul Robinson wrote: > Quoting Kris Kennaway : >=20 > > This mailing list gets nothing but misfiled support emails that should > > go to questions@ (presumably the belief is that "freebsd-config" is > > the mailing list for "help with configuring FreeBSD")...I think it > > should just be removed. >=20 > 1. Does having it cause any damage? Yes, because people are mistakenly asking support questions that are going unanswered. > What is the gain in it's removal? They'll hopefully keep looking at the list of mailing lists and figure out that questions@ is where they should send it. > 2. Perhaps it could be re-jigged into a mailing list to discuss the possi= bility > of developing configuration management tools. I know there are a couple o= f guys > here in the UK that are interested in looking at that in the next few mon= ths. > We could keep this as our "home" if nobody else wants it. The name even f= its. > :-) That's what the list is ostensibly for, but the users are seeing "freebsd-config" and thinking something different. If there's still interest in the subject, the mailing list should at least be renamed to something more obviously not about technical support :) Kris --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAbBcaWry0BWjoQKURApsEAJwP4ZNIWiJfGt4dwx3fk0qa2h6FFQCgjPKg 7CHeBXUvO9z9DDPDoUiWU18= =lKJW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO--