From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 29 20:46:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF9851065670 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 20:46:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-124.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-124.bluehost.com [67.222.38.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5D5C8FC0A for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 20:46:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 27874 invoked by uid 0); 29 May 2009 20:46:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy4.bluehost.com with SMTP; 29 May 2009 20:46:05 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=CcJ23jvh+tzMhURLxh7t+Jw57LMWxz5mJRgSaG0R0G1/VMuXPYPWrpC9V/B5nzOH3426YkR7rYyK4V9xrH9yrZprqav5K7owyIBTvPQV1QzMTAXfp2UWvbISsFeujjb3; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MA8xp-0000US-NH for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 29 May 2009 14:46:06 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 29 May 2009 14:41:08 -0600 Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 14:41:08 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090529204108.GC47683@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EDCC@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> <4A1EF89C.9040505@isafeelin.org> <87prdsr5ep.fsf_-_@kobe.laptop> <20090529163443.GA46917@kokopelli.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: On the need for moderated questions lists X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 20:46:07 -0000 --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 07:13:49PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >software that runs on multiple OSes (and not *just* FreeBSD) to run an > >extra system, running some other OS. >=20 > no. i expect them to ask THAT program support. >=20 > In really rare cases when they got an answer like > "You did all fine, i have the same configured program in my=20 > linux/openbsd/netbsd/solaris/whatever OS and it works fine" So . . . basically, it's okay for someone to ask about X if that person also runs Linux, but not if that person doesn't. That's the logical consequence of your argument thus far. How well have you actually thought this through? >=20 > They it's place to ask because certainly there's something wrong with the= =20 > port. I don't recall that being an obvious and necessary condition of the example -- and that didn't seem to matter when you suggested that it might be on-topic if the querent also happens to have a Linux-based system handy. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth FreeBSD Secure Programming Guidelines: "In fact, never ever use gets() or sprintf(), period. If you do - we will send evil dwarfs after you." --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkogSGQACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUDMgCg2MOlQy/1GHMG3f4Xt8fhfH/z LjcAn0wfH/A5ZuKiAgWLMa59J4ZYikWI =EtO0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef--