Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:00:52 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: tl32@next.online.no Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: List replies Message-ID: <47e6e124.azkMaVLDNcAxRAPB%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <47E6B552.5090003@next.online.no> References: <1206146157.6973.21.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <9CA3D4489328B8E911387EE0@Macintosh.local> <1206160383.6973.42.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <200803220724.05759.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <47E58E08.2040907@next.online.no> <20080322233254.GA5940@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <47E6208F.4020104@next.online.no> <87lk49e8oq.fsf@kobe.laptop> <47E6B552.5090003@next.online.no>
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> There is a touching concern for newbies in all this, which is out > of step with the somewhat edgy aspect of FreeBSD that most of you > seem to embrace in other connections. And the bottom line is that > most newbies end up elsewhere. If making FreeBSD more popular is > a priority, there is long list of issues that are more vital than > this detail that we are discussing in this thread. Given that the project is run almost entirely by volunteers, I suppose some disconnects are inevitable. One example: it's considered very important for questions@ to be newbie-friendly, to the point of accepting posts from non-subscribers, but it's *not* considered important to tune up sysinstall to prevent botches like installing a system that can't be booted because it has no kernel.
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