On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 12:10:36PM +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 22:34 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 01:55:01AM +0200, Qactuar Rogue wrote: > > > you will find a much better response if you ask your question on the > > debian-user mailing list. That list is more representative of the good > > people > > who use debian than the IRC channel. IRC is another kind of beast. It is > > more > > hit or miss. Debian does not pay people to moderate IRC or the mailing > > lists, > > we are a group of volunteers. > > I am surprised by the perception of IRC support in the Debian community > exemplified by this mail. I do not know about your own experiences, Mark, but > I have the impression that some people (still?) think that IRC support is best > to be avoided, that support on the mailing lists is better and that something > needs to be done about our IRC culture. Hi, yes, I have gotten great support on IRC. But some people are not as accustomed to IRC and may be more considerate when they compose their words for a mailing list vs an IRC chat. And I suspected that he/she was 'very direct' on IRC and knew it would not necessarily get a good responce. So I mentioned the mailing list as a way that I felt would be more supportive for newbies not familar with IRC.
-- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux ==.| http://kevix.myopenid.com......| | : :' : The Universal OS....| mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/.| | `. `' http://www.debian.org/.| http://counter.li.org [#238656]| |___`-____Unless I ask to be CCd,.assume I am subscribed._________| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111002090629.GA13942@horacrux
