From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Oct 29 20:31:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from spammie.svbug.com (mg136-005.ricochet.net [204.179.136.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E307D37B479 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:31:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from spammie.svbug.com (localhost.mozie.org [127.0.0.1]) by spammie.svbug.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA05670; Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:31:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jessem@spammie.svbug.com) Message-Id: <200010300431.UAA05670@spammie.svbug.com> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:31:03 -0800 (PST) From: opentrax@email.com Reply-To: opentrax@email.com Subject: Bantering (Was: Re: HEADS UP! MFC's) To: jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com Cc: dws@denverweb.net, stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <62443.972767358@winston.osd.bsdi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 28 Oct, Jordan Hubbard wrote: >> He only needed a 3 word answer. Merged From Current. > > And if people aren't educated as to the correct mailing lists for > certain types of content (which the charters try to clarify but most > people don't read anyway) or pointed at more general documentation > which covers their question and a lot more, they won't learn as much > as they need to learn and will continue to post first and research > second. Chris's answer was actually perfect and needed no criticism > from you. > Jordan, I disagree on all points, but unfortunaly I don't see a mailing list that says 'argue-when-someone-is-yanking-you'. Nor do I see the other points purported in your response. If there is clarity to your points (in any written documentation), it escapes what might be consider a resonable environment. Further, your reasoning, while superior in many circumstances, fails me. I'm looking for reaons to not argue, but Low-and-behold your usual graciousness and thoughtfulness - seems to have taken flight. Is my imagination running wild? Or is a simple question about a three-letter-acronym about to turn into a four-letter flame war. So, rather that start a three-letter-acronym fight, or a four-letter-flame war, I beg your indulgence in my ignorance. Further, might I suggest a FAQ per mailing-list. Also, should I suggest a rewrite of the "Welcome Message". And lastly, might a recommened a writer that writes in short declarative sentences. Rather than log rambling diatribe. These may sound like a persecution(sp?) of the mailing-list system, but I'm left to wonder where civility has gone when asking a simple question requires pre-facto education. At this point my mind is numb(sp?) considering that I'm writing this, rather than saying thank you to the person who told what MFC or even the person (with some impoliteness pointed out the FAQ - which I did read). So as a point, or reason, let me point out: The FAQ has 13 Chapters, 249 sections and over a 100 links. chap - sections/questions 1 - 30 2 - 30 3 - 19 4 - 5 5 - 11 6 - 5 7 - 33 8 - 14 9 - 22 10 - 28 11 - 22 12 - 15 13 - 15 14 acknowledgement I have no sympathy for the devil. best regards, Jessem. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message