Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 15:12:18 -0700 From: gabe <nrml@att.net> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: On the need for moderated questions lists Message-ID: <20090529223845.5DB9E8FC17@mx1.freebsd.org>
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This is stupid, I'm unsubscribing. jeez -----Original Message----- From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:41 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On the need for moderated questions lists 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."
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