Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 04:22:54 -0500 From: David Scranton <davidsghost2@gmail.com> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A question on how much of my list messaging is considered inappropriate content for the lists I post to? Message-ID: <CAGFmXzQ22ZfouxH-rYHsD%2Bbd3-B=OBkpPt0AQ02C_7p=Vb6gwg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BED67752-363D-46EE-8DD6-7FDDC6998EE8@yahoo.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] No problems here. I appreciate explanations and perspective. On Thu, Jan 1, 2026, 1:20 AM Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've received a public request via part of a bugzilla > comment on a submittal: > > "can you please stop treating our bug tracker and mailing > lists as your personal blog?" > > I'm not trying to gauge general interest in reading my > posts: it is perfectly normal for appropriate list > material to not be of interest to more than some subset > of folks. Instead I'm after learning if some of my posts > are viewed as inappropriate posting activity --and, if > some are, what about them is inappropriate (what should > not have been posted). > > I've picked sending this request to freebsd-arm and > freebsd-current, as I probably post to those more than > to other lists most of the time. (Also, this sort of > request does not fit well with bugzilla.) But replies > need not be limited to content from those 2 lists. > > === > Mark Millard > marklmi at yahoo.com > > > [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="auto">No problems here. I appreciate explanations and perspective.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 1, 2026, 1:20 AM Mark Millard <<a href="mailto:marklmi@yahoo.com">marklmi@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I've received a public request via part of a bugzilla<br> comment on a submittal:<br> <br> "can you please stop treating our bug tracker and mailing<br> lists as your personal blog?"<br> <br> I'm not trying to gauge general interest in reading my<br> posts: it is perfectly normal for appropriate list<br> material to not be of interest to more than some subset<br> of folks. Instead I'm after learning if some of my posts<br> are viewed as inappropriate posting activity --and, if<br> some are, what about them is inappropriate (what should<br> not have been posted).<br> <br> I've picked sending this request to freebsd-arm and<br> freebsd-current, as I probably post to those more than<br> to other lists most of the time. (Also, this sort of<br> request does not fit well with bugzilla.) But replies<br> need not be limited to content from those 2 lists.<br> <br> ===<br> Mark Millard<br> marklmi at <a href="http://yahoo.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">yahoo.com</a><br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div>home | help
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