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Date:      Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:56:07 -0500
From:      "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: imagemagick convert: japanese text broken in freebsd
Message-ID:  <4ad871310812150656q63e06959o5fe2006592cd8152@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Giorgos Keramidas
<keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:17:38 -0800, Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> wrote:
>> The conversations on ports@ seem to be mostly concerned with the needs
>> of port maintainers rather than the users of ports.  If you have
>> problems getting a port to build or a package added, it feels like the
>> right place to get help.
>>
>> But I'm not sure whether it's the place for questions that come up after
>> the initial install.  questions@ seems to be the place for those.
>
> I think you got that right.  lists.freebsd.org says:
>
> freebsd-ports           Porting software to FreeBSD
> freebsd-questions       User questions
>
> It's nice to have a list for people who are *porting* software, but the
> list for general `user questions' is here.
>

I certainly agree, and hope every time Wojciech posts "NTG" or "OT"
the OP's thread doesn't get turned into a flamewar on "Where this post
should go.".


-- 
Glen Barber



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