From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu May 4 15: 1:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from rock.ghis.net (rock.ghis.net [209.222.164.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5E7F37B7E5; Thu, 4 May 2000 15:01:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@blackdawn.com) Received: from argon.blackdawn.com (04-103.dial.008.popsite.net [209.69.197.103]) by rock.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA92428; Thu, 4 May 2000 15:00:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by argon.blackdawn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1EB331A1B; Thu, 4 May 2000 18:00:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 18:00:13 -0400 From: Will Andrews To: Nik Clayton Cc: Rahul Siddharthan , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , "Daniel J. Zaccariello" , John Papalia , Jeremiah Gowdy , smkelly@slashnet.org, insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Attitudes towards newbies (was Re: FreeBSD and IRC) Message-ID: <20000504180013.B1642@argon.blackdawn.com> References: <4.3.2.20000503012424.00d214e0@pop.mindspring.com> <20554.957345701@localhost> <20000503155711.A754@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000504004006.A3269@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000504004006.A3269@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, May 04, 2000 at 12:40:07AM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 12:40:07AM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > Now, would all you IRC weenies please devote your energies to going > through the PR database instead? You'll be much more appreciated if you > do. I resent this. In the ports team at least (aside from steve and a few others), it seems the major PR-closers chat on IRC. And we're often there to quickly resolve problems. There's no substitute for instant reply (which you will rarely get with email). -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message