From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 18:17:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2474316A4CE for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:17:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A454043D54 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:17:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from geekout@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 36so46034wra for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:17:32 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=pUTFJEze6uNr/HswBGj69XWSpM5ZMn0rcNtI3XKuqYfTBU5zwsVUFSIfTWTNmAugIBandwGC2swbFmI7U7Evoqhw/ee0YRaEWCDPNqsf+5dBLHDmCPsJBJFHD9rAylWZ0ri8r7EbJOue1+0cG01/B05TlYypQ7Y1NL33tJkBUIY= Received: by 10.54.6.61 with SMTP id 61mr137034wrf; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:17:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.46.25 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:17:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <6e01203b0412231017330f1228@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:17:32 -0700 From: Tyler Gee To: freebsd@celestial.com, FreeBSD-newbies@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20041223181209.GC31915@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041223063731.GW53357@wantadilla.lemis.com> <41CABC20.9090203@savaka.com> <20041223181209.GC31915@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Subject: Re: Time to shut down this list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Tyler Gee List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:17:33 -0000 However, to play Devil's Advocate, I think that Greg's original point is valid in as much as I notice that -newbies doesn't necessarily generate a lot of discussion whereas something like bsdforums.org does see a lot of obviously newbie questions. In fact, I have answered far more newbie questions on that forum than I have even seen on -newbies. Does that mean we should disband the list or redraft the description? I am not entirely sure because of that "comfort" that is supplied the very first time you are reading about the install and you see the -newbies list. Furthermore, I am assuming that all of the questions on -newbies are archived as part of the "official" correspondence of FreeBSD, which is of legacy value also. Wait a minute, I apparently switched from devil's advocate for Greg back to my support of -newbies. Hmmmm. A little too much bailey's in my holiday coffee this morning. -wtgee On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:12:09 -0800, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2004, Eric wrote: > >How about rename this list "Newbie Questions" and just go on trust that > >the people asking the questions are really newbies. > > I wouldn't want to change the list name, but the description provided on > the Mailman listinfo page might be changed. My reluctance may be because > I'm a Mailman newbie, and don't know how to transfer things like the > archives from an old list to the new one (or how to import ten years of > Majordomo archives into the Mailman list that replaced it :-). > > ... > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ > > ``People from East Germany have found the West so confusing. It's so much > easier when you have only one party.'' -- Linus Torvalde, Linux Expo Canada > when asked about confusion over many Linux distributions. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >