From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Oct 29 00:18:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA18878 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:18:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oz.phear.net (slwag2p14.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA18866 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:18:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@phrantic.phear.net) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by oz.phear.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA00273; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:18:11 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jim@phrantic.phear.net) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:18:10 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: Luke cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: helping people In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Luke wrote: > Im not 100% sure this is the right place to mention this, but as > someone who doesnt spend much time on irc, and went there finding no > answer to their question , but many people with simple questions who > could be helped, I spend most of my time with FreeBSD > porting/developing software , and dont have much trouble fixing a > port which is marked as broken. I realize the FreeBSD project > probably doesnt have responsibiltiy for #freebsd on efnet , > which garners more sarcastic and demoralizing comments to stupid > questions in which "man blech" would be much more helpful. but even > irc.freebsd.org is much the same. I agree when it comes to the channel of Efnet, which is why I don't bother going in there anymore. I haven't used irc.freebsd.org, so I can't comment on that. Come to #FreeBSD on Undernet. I think you'll find a much more relaxed and helpful bunch there. :-) [snip] Jim : Jim Mock | [jim@phrantic.phear.net] : : Phear Networks | web: http://www.phear.net/ : : A franchise of Triax, Inc. | ----------------------------- : : Web Site Design & Hosting | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message