Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 05:20:26 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Removing the freebsd-config list Message-ID: <20040401132026.GA69240@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <1080824677.406c1365cfd14@mail.servitor.co.uk> References: <20040401061016.GA62958@xor.obsecurity.org> <1080824677.406c1365cfd14@mail.servitor.co.uk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 02:04:37PM +0100, Paul Robinson wrote: > Quoting Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>: > > > This mailing list gets nothing but misfiled support emails that should > > go to questions@ (presumably the belief is that "freebsd-config" is > > the mailing list for "help with configuring FreeBSD")...I think it > > should just be removed. > > 1. Does having it cause any damage? Yes, because people are mistakenly asking support questions that are going unanswered. > What is the gain in it's removal? They'll hopefully keep looking at the list of mailing lists and figure out that questions@ is where they should send it. > 2. Perhaps it could be re-jigged into a mailing list to discuss the possibility > of developing configuration management tools. I know there are a couple of guys > here in the UK that are interested in looking at that in the next few months. > We could keep this as our "home" if nobody else wants it. The name even fits. > :-) That's what the list is ostensibly for, but the users are seeing "freebsd-config" and thinking something different. If there's still interest in the subject, the mailing list should at least be renamed to something more obviously not about technical support :) Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAbBcaWry0BWjoQKURApsEAJwP4ZNIWiJfGt4dwx3fk0qa2h6FFQCgjPKg 7CHeBXUvO9z9DDPDoUiWU18= =lKJW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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