Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:54:40 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Archives of the list and SOLVED: followups Message-ID: <20020311175440.GD721@hades.hell.gr>
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Hello all,
I'm subscribed for a few years now in freebsd-questions. I have seen
questions being asked, and the high quality of the replies on this list is
one of the reasons I initially switched to FreeBSD. However, some times
threads of replies tend to grow large, and replies that include helpful
tips that do solve the problem in question seem lost in the thread.
What do you all think of making it a habbit to followup to posts that do
indeed contain the answer with a post whose subject has "SOLVED: "
prepended? Mail clients that support threading will display messages with
something like this:
434 N 03.10 Giorgos Keramid [ 17] Upgrading mutt-devel port?
435 N 03.10 Spiros Papadopo [ 23] |->
436 N 03.10 Giorgos Keramid [ 31] | `-> SOLVED: Upgrading mut
437 N 03.10 Jean Thomas [ 30] `*>
This way someone who browses the archives later, will find it easier to
locate in the thread the posts like the one from 'Spiros Papadopoulos'
above which solved the problem of the original poster?
Several lists that I'm already subscribed to, have similar 'policies'.
But, this puts additional burden to the user who asks questions, and I'm
kind of reluctant to 'force' it upon newbies who just want their problems
solved. This is why I am asking. I'm interested to hear your opinion...
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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