Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 22:48:01 -0800 (PST) From: dima@unixfreak.org (Dima Dorfman) To: timcm@umich.edu (Tim McMillen) Cc: dtalk@prairienet.org (David Talkington), questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: free b.s.d. and networks Message-ID: <20001128064801.330C43E08@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011280012180.9015-100000@qbert.gpcc.itd.umich.edu> from "Tim McMillen" at Nov 28, 2000 12:31:07 AM
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Tim McMillen wrote: > On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, David Talkington wrote: > > George Reid wrote: > > >On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 Trikers3@aol.com wrote: > > >> I need to know the answers to some questions for a presentation I > must do on several operating systems. > > > > > >Try reading the website - www.freebsd.org > > > > [treading lightly] Ok, not to contest your point, but ... it occurs to > > me, having seen several innocent inquisitors bitten this way, that > > many people may assume that "questions@freebsd.org" leads to a > > vendor's help desk. Given that assumption, and not knowing anything > > about FreeBSD, or about open source software and the nature of its > > community, let alone the fact that email to that address was being > > broadcast to that community, an unsuspecting newcomer might come away > > Yes I agree. I find it really strange that the freebsd-questions > address is listed all over the website with most places not even mentioning > that it is a public mailing list. I used to get frustrated that people > would send SO many subscribe messages and such to Freebsd-questions, but > what can be expected if there is no mention of etiquette or method of > subscribing in 95% of the times the freebsd-questions list is mentioned? > It doesn't even mention how to subscribe at > http://www.freebsd.org/support.html#mailing-list AFAIK, support.html lists the methods of getting support and where to get more information about them. If you'll notice, the first two words under the "mailing lists" subheading are a link to another page. This page does talk about etiquette, reading the charters, how to [un]subscribe, and the fact that it's a public list. > In fact, most of the places it is mentioned it says email any questions to > freebsd-questions. The way it is stated in many places seems like it is > the project's question list, not a public mailing list that everybody > gets. If you hadn't noticed this check back through the webpages and > you'll see it. I guess you're referring to the footer on most of the pages: : For questions about FreeBSD, e-mail <questions@FreeBSD.org>. : For questions about this documentation, e-mail <doc@FreeBSD.org>. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to be a little more verbose here, but appending the equivilent of the mailing list section in the handbook (which seems to be what you're advocating) would be a little too much. Regards -- Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Finger dima@unixfreak.org for PGP public key. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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