From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 7 17:21:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE5D316A4DB for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 17:21:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7CDF43D5A for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 17:21:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) j47HLVx5039153; Sat, 7 May 2005 19:21:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost.blackend.org [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j47HLVvr003172; Sat, 7 May 2005 19:21:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j47HLVlZ003171; Sat, 7 May 2005 19:21:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 19:21:30 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20050507172130.GF622@gothic.blackend.org> References: <20050507155056.GB13491@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20050507162228.GD622@gothic.blackend.org> <20050507170632.GA14506@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="K8nIJk4ghYZn606h" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050507170632.GA14506@slackbox.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE cc: Chris Hodgins cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Permission for archiving in mailing list FAQ X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 17:21:33 -0000 --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 07:06:32PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > >=20 > > Please, please and please, do not bring this thing here. > >=20 > > If you read every message from the author of this thread (have a look at > > all his threads), you will see that the problem is elsewhere... >=20 > Well, I agree that it is probably a PEBKAC for at least a couple of the > participants in that thread, which might improve with a vigourous > application of a clue-by-four. :-) >=20 > And although LART-ing can be quite enjoyable at times, as witnessed by > the length of the aforementioned thread, it is tiring. So let's put it in > the FAQ and be done with it for once and for all. (one can hope) > I wrote "threads" :) so I'm also talking about some other threads. > Consider that the FAQs are for people who _don't_ know the answers.=20 >=20 Why do you want people to read the FAQ when they are unable to read a subscription form or the Handbook section about mailing lists? Since 1995, it must be the 1st time we have a such thing. So I don't see the need to add something for 1-2 persons and especially something quite useless since FreeBSD mailing lists are archived and/or available in many places not controlled by the FreeBSD project. Marc --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCfPkazQ9RwE+OdOgRAkn7AKC2Umb/ZPl/dkiBjSCFDxSXStI8QgCdGL+G aMGeJUHpFUn9oAb1WhZipII= =/dBL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h--