From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 29 22:38:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0EEB106566B for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 22:38:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nrml@att.net) Received: from smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5DB9E8FC17 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 22:38:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nrml@att.net) Received: (qmail 5155 invoked from network); 29 May 2009 22:12:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Inbox) (nrml@68.29.149.243 with login) by smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 May 2009 22:12:03 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: WjV5bd8VM1kleLzt8REAFZEbalHTfkPTvpiKz0EprlFlkeZy7PzWbj1lb.76L5AhXn1LGyG.jiy9ndDFfLTeSIxjTxJ4hJvti7f66qPfSHAObAzKoeJEBGJJB5ugjPMom5r2vlXDh.rSWteKqBJW4Qker_KYbD2p86wQIZMdj7i8vpc4Jn0GY2789z79s1McJNAcLOPFmAf4YH7bjBiwXhXLfCFChlP_WjHQ92IiFFWKN6bXRn18zMjm4EbRaLP5wMFi37_QTzIk8d54fi7sIlownegB2EZueiH60pwxWYwuHSEPO2TS X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 MIME-Version: 1.0 content-class: From: gabe Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 15:12:18 -0700 Importance: normal X-Priority: 3 To: Chad Perrin , Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <20090529223845.5DB9E8FC17@mx1.freebsd.org> Cc: Subject: RE: On the need for moderated questions lists X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 22:38:45 -0000 This is stupid, I'm unsubscribing. jeez -----Original Message----- From: Chad Perrin Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:41 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On the need for moderated questions lists On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 07:13:49PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >software that runs on multiple OSes (and not *just* FreeBSD) to run an > >extra system, running some other OS. >=20 > no. i expect them to ask THAT program support. >=20 > In really rare cases when they got an answer like > "You did all fine, i have the same configured program in my=20 > linux/openbsd/netbsd/solaris/whatever OS and it works fine" So . . . basically, it's okay for someone to ask about X if that person also runs Linux, but not if that person doesn't. That's the logical consequence of your argument thus far. How well have you actually thought this through? >=20 > They it's place to ask because certainly there's something wrong with the= =20 > port. I don't recall that being an obvious and necessary condition of the example -- and that didn't seem to matter when you suggested that it might be on-topic if the querent also happens to have a Linux-based system handy. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth FreeBSD Secure Programming Guidelines: "In fact, never ever use gets() or sprintf(), period. If you do - we will send evil dwarfs after you."