Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:50:35 +0100 From: Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Archives of the list and SOLVED: followups Message-ID: <20020312185034.GA842@foo31-146.visit.se> In-Reply-To: <20020312145032.GE1577@raggedclown.net> References: <20020311175440.GD721@hades.hell.gr> <20020311195526.GB26530@moo.holy.cow> <20020311214445.GA2388@hades.hell.gr> <20020312145032.GE1577@raggedclown.net>
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On Tue Mar 12, 2002 at 03:50:32PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > I think the principle of it is excellent, but whether people will do it > is another question. I do find it a bit of a pain when a question comes > up, and other people, including myself, send an answer, or an idea, and > you never hear if that resolved it or not. I think even if the problem > is solved because the asker just made a typo or something, it is good > not to leave the question dangling. Well said. [...SNIP...] > The only way for such a habit to become engrained is for people to start > doing it and to have it suggested in the guidelines. Then when new people > join the list they may see a "convention" in place and will follow it. Perhaps this is something which could be added to Greg Lehey's 'How to get the best results...'? -- Martin Karlsson I welcome mail encrypted with PGP/GPG. See headers for my public key. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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