Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 23 iul 12, 13:16:43, Camaleón wrote: Mmm, nope... what made you think that? Anyway, it would be a redundancy but nothing that hurts. I can't tell because I'm unaware about the rules of the offtopic mailing list. The rules are basically: Be excellent to each other! but putting

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-24 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 01:16:43PM +, Camaleón wrote: Ah, you finally got it! Now you see why someone would ask an OT here? :-) Grin I have always got it!, my point is regarding YOU *encouraging* that behaviour. OP: Paraphrase: Just mark it [OT] and it's OK (side note: yes, there are

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-24 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:47:47 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 01:16:43PM +, Camaleón wrote: Ah, you finally got it! Now you see why someone would ask an OT here? :-) Grin I have always got it!, my point is regarding YOU *encouraging* that behaviour. OP:

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 23 iul 12, 08:03:06, Chris Bannister wrote: Are you suggesting that some posts to d-community-offtopic be marked as [OT] ? Of course, Debian stuff is offtopic on -offtopic :p Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers:

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-23 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:03:06 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 01:38:27PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:06:48 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: But, it **IS** ON TOPIC if they are not looking for Oracle support, so marking it [OT] is counter productive.

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-22 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 11:32:14AM +, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:19:07 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 02:46:43PM +, Camaleón wrote: But I wouldn't post there how to configure an Oracle database with the current Debian stable. Hope you see the

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-22 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:06:48 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 11:32:14AM +, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:19:07 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 02:46:43PM +, Camaleón wrote: But I wouldn't post there how to configure an Oracle

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-22 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 01:38:27PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:06:48 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: But, it **IS** ON TOPIC if they are not looking for Oracle support, so marking it [OT] is counter productive. And when is that to happen? What's the line that makes the

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-21 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 02:46:43PM +, Camaleón wrote: But I wouldn't post there how to configure an Oracle database with the current Debian stable. Hope you see the slightly difference between a brocolli and Oracle. Umm, I think so. :) I hope you see Oracle support doesn't come under

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:19:07 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 02:46:43PM +, Camaleón wrote: But I wouldn't post there how to configure an Oracle database with the current Debian stable. Hope you see the slightly difference between a brocolli and Oracle. Umm, I

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 20 iul 12, 16:46:31, Chris Bannister wrote: On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 01:45:15PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:58:36 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: How about suggesting the use of: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic instead?

Re: Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-20 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:46:31 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 01:45:15PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:58:36 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: How about suggesting the use of: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 18 iul 12, 14:47:16, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:18:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:57:11PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Oh, right! like if you turn your hazard lights on in your car you

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-19 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:19:20 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 18 iul 12, 14:47:16, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:18:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:57:11PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Oh,

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-19 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20120719_091920, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 18 iul 12, 14:47:16, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:18:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:57:11PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Oh, right! like if

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 09:19:20AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: You are missing the point: Chris is talking about people that would be able to make it to the next parking place or even repair garage, but chose to stop in the middle of the road asking other traffic participants about his

Why have d-community-offtopic? (Re: What does group consider to be on topic?)

2012-07-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 01:45:15PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:58:36 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: How about suggesting the use of: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic instead? It does not apply for the case we are treating here:

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-18 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:57:11PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 04:07:38PM +, Camaleón wrote: Anyway, whether you are in doubt you can always tag the subject accordingly to avoid complains from the rest of

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-18 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:58:36 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:57:11PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 04:07:38PM +, Camaleón wrote: Anyway, whether you are in doubt you can always tag the

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-18 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:57:11PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Oh, right! like if you turn your hazard lights on in your car you can park anywhere you like. :( Well, exactly... that's what an OT flag is for: you are saying hey,

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-18 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:18:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:57:11PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Oh, right! like if you turn your hazard lights on in your car you can park anywhere you like. :( Well,

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 16 iul 12, 16:57:32, Richard Owlett wrote: Anyone who has followed this group knows I have atypical ideas of OS design ;/ A MAJOR strength of Linux mindset is roll your own. There are multiple Debian based distros which have done that. UNFORTUNATELY, from my perspective, many have

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-17 Thread Richard Owlett
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 16 iul 12, 16:57:32, Richard Owlett wrote: Anyone who has followed this group knows I have atypical ideas of OS design ;/ A MAJOR strength of Linux mindset is roll your own. There are multiple Debian based distros which have done that. UNFORTUNATELY, from my

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-17 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:57:32 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Anyone who has followed this group knows I have atypical ideas of OS design ;/ A MAJOR strength of Linux mindset is roll your own. There are multiple Debian based distros which have done that. UNFORTUNATELY, from my perspective, many

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 04:07:38PM +, Camaleón wrote: Anyway, whether you are in doubt you can always tag the subject accordingly to avoid complains from the rest of the mailing list participants. Oh, right! like if you turn your hazard lights on in your car you can park anywhere you

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-17 Thread Brian
On Wed 18 Jul 2012 at 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 04:07:38PM +, Camaleón wrote: Anyway, whether you are in doubt you can always tag the subject accordingly to avoid complains from the rest of the mailing list participants. Oh, right! like if you

Re: What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-17 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 04:07:38PM +, Camaleón wrote: Anyway, whether you are in doubt you can always tag the subject accordingly to avoid complains from the rest of the mailing list participants. Oh, right! like if you turn

What does group consider to be on topic?

2012-07-16 Thread Richard Owlett
Anyone who has followed this group knows I have atypical ideas of OS design ;/ A MAJOR strength of Linux mindset is roll your own. There are multiple Debian based distros which have done that. UNFORTUNATELY, from my perspective, many have chosen web based feedback/communication mechanisms