Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:18:30 -0500 From: "Gary D. Turner" <turnermail@cox.net> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Time to shut down this list? Message-ID: <41CCCDF6.6000306@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20041223063731.GW53357@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20041223063731.GW53357@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >Most (all?) of the traffic on -newbies lately has been of technical >nature. That's not surprising, but there are a number of reasons why >it's not a good idea: > >1. It's not the original charter of the mailing list. For reference: > > This list is a gathering place for people new to FreeBSD. > Please feel free to share your experiences with others on this > list. > > Support questions should be sent to > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Technical questions should be > sent to freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org. (NOT to the newbies list > please) > > Full info and FAK http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ > > Please read the info and FAK. They contain important information > regarding the purpose and use of this mailing list. > >2. There's already a mailing list for technical questions, as > mentioned above: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org. > >3. Most of the experienced people on the FreeBSD-questions list don't > read -newbies. If they do, they've been told not to answer > technical questions there. > >The result: ask a question on -newbies and you're less likely to get >an answer. If you do get an answer, it's less likely to be correct. >In either case, people on the -questions mailing list are not going to >see the answer, so even if the answer is correct, it's of less use to >the community at large. > >I'd suggest that we slowly disband this list (over a period of, say, >two weeks). There are plenty of other FreeBSD mailing lists, and it's >up to you to join them. If you're interested in technical issues, >-questions is the obvious one to join. > >Comments? >Greg >-- >See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > > Greg, Where you having a bad day when you wrote this? Have you been around structure so long that you forget; sometimes asking the question out of context can yield a wealth of knewledge. Either way I am a newbie who will get the answer from wherever I find it. I am sure you have a valid reason for writing this but geewizzzz....................let the bits flow and don't bogart the list man. From someone who hopes to see this list continue, Gary
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