From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Apr 21 17:59:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA06113 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 17:59:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.ftcnet.com (root@alpha.ftcnet.com [204.174.119.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA06091 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:59:31 GMT (envelope-from astonge@ftcnet.com) Received: from win95.box (oliver-1-23.ftcnet.com [204.174.119.73]) by alpha.ftcnet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA11059; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 17:59:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <353D4128.4AE9@ftcnet.com> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:00:24 -0700 From: "Adrian St.Onge" Reply-To: astonge@ftcnet.com Organization: None (for now) X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sue Blake CC: FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: #freebsd-newbies References: <353BB623.59353921@aei.ca> <19980421183744.56403@welearn.com.au> <353D0BF9.E6B2193@aei.ca> <19980422102451.37232@welearn.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sue Blake wrote: > > I asked on -hackers what they thought of this. So far a couple replied > in -chat saying they can't see any problem, a couple replied in -hackers > saying they would be very worried if we tried that, and some were so > upset they wrote to me privately explaining (not always in nice > language!) some reasons why we should not go there. Maybe there are more > comments on both sides still to come, maybe even suggestions for how we > could make it work well. Would you like a summary of what they said? > I would like to know what they said. I think a channel for newbies would be a good idea because not all of us are true newbies (I'm a newbie to FreeBSD but I have had my own Linux system for over a year). I think that a channel could also be a extension of the mailing list where ppl can go and hang out together. Also It could be a place where we can learn from each other and if any one has a problem that some of us cannot help them with, we can direct the to someone/someplace who can. But for any of this to work I think we'er going to need the support of at least half the ppl on this mailing list. > > what are you thinking? > > I'm thinking that whatever a group of newbies wants to do by themselves > is OK, IF AND ONLY IF they have thought it through and understand the > consequences. All newbies will be held responsible for the outcomes. > IRC is a very public place. I agree. > > Regards, > -*Sue*- Just a thought, Adrian St.Onge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message