Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 19:21:30 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Permission for archiving in mailing list FAQ Message-ID: <20050507172130.GF622@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20050507170632.GA14506@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20050507155056.GB13491@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20050507162228.GD622@gothic.blackend.org> <20050507170632.GA14506@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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--K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 07:06:32PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > >=20 > > Please, please and please, do not bring this thing here. > >=20 > > If you read every message from the author of this thread (have a look at > > all his threads), you will see that the problem is elsewhere... >=20 > Well, I agree that it is probably a PEBKAC for at least a couple of the > participants in that thread, which might improve with a vigourous > application of a clue-by-four. :-) >=20 > And although LART-ing can be quite enjoyable at times, as witnessed by > the length of the aforementioned thread, it is tiring. So let's put it in > the FAQ and be done with it for once and for all. (one can hope) > I wrote "threads" :) so I'm also talking about some other threads. > Consider that the FAQs are for people who _don't_ know the answers.=20 >=20 Why do you want people to read the FAQ when they are unable to read a subscription form or the Handbook section about mailing lists? Since 1995, it must be the 1st time we have a such thing. So I don't see the need to add something for 1-2 persons and especially something quite useless since FreeBSD mailing lists are archived and/or available in many places not controlled by the FreeBSD project. Marc --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCfPkazQ9RwE+OdOgRAkn7AKC2Umb/ZPl/dkiBjSCFDxSXStI8QgCdGL+G aMGeJUHpFUn9oAb1WhZipII= =/dBL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h--
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