Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:22:24 -0800 From: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> To: "'S Jagger'" <stefan@thinki.co.uk>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Time to shut down this list? Message-ID: <001001c4e95f$6b30c620$142a15ac@spud> In-Reply-To: <021c01c4e957$2e23a110$1086aa0a@fred>
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> From: S Jagger > =20 > I will voice my opinion on this matter. > =20 > The freebsd-newbies list should be an open area for new users to > FreeBSD. As I read earlier.. people are intimidated by=20 > posting to other > groups. > =20 > This list should be for anything and everything. Questions or > Suggestions. > =20 > Stefan The end of this thread contains the phrase, "The charter of this list = was hashed out years ago, is now well-established, works reasonably well and isn't likely to change much any time soon." This thread can be expected to cover these additional points: - The -questions list has a bug: when a common or newbie non-technical question is posted, a race condition occurs in which everyone tries to = wait for someone else to answer the question. - Those of us who read and answer technical questions posted here are = urged do so with redirection to -questions. Failure to do so usually results = in careful application of clue-oriented, dimensional wood-products. - Also recommended are pointers to additional resources, such as = searchable mailing list archives and pointers to other threads or guides adressing = the queried subject.
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