Jeremy Huntwork wrote these words on 01/23/06 19:38 CST: > [snip a bunch of fine comments] > BLFS is by nature different in this respect. Here you are customizing > your custom system. You are tweaking it to fit your wants and desires. I > wouldn't want to be tied down to *any* decision in BLFS - and yet, if I > ran into a small problem, I'd like to think that the Editors would > understand my desire to customize my system just so, and that they'd be > ready to offer a small hint or cluebat if I needed it.
But don't you feel that for the most part, folks that write in asking for support that have exhibited a fair amount of research, get the BLFS crowd's full attention and best attempt at a resolution? Even better is if they've explained their deviation and why they did it. I do. I *always* consider the request. If I deem it to be insignificant because someone hasn't done their research, I typically ignore it. If I think someone has a neat question, one that is legitimate and she has done some research, I will usually try my best to help if I have anything to offer. Sometimes, I don't offer anything because I don't know sh*t about what the subject is. That is the nature of the *free* software support business. You help with what you can and you try to get the freeloaders to go away. Fact of life. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 19:44:00 up 121 days, 5:08, 3 users, load average: 0.22, 0.17, 0.28 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
