"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
> First of all, I have been very happy with this list for the entire 24
> hours or so I've been on it. I have taken care of both of the major
> hangups I've had with my system, and I've also been able to contribute
> to helping other people.
>
> It's a really wonderful resource, but I do have a few questions; to wit,
>
> What is the relationship betwen this list and the
> linux-mandrake bug reports?
Your supposition is correct. Contributions of the sort you mention are
best topics for the "Cooker" list, which is busy working on the next
distro.
> I know that if I want an answer/workround
> quickly, this list can't be beat, and I know that if I find a "serious"
> bug (whatever that means) I can report it on the bug report page, but
> where I should I got with general complaints and suggestions about how
> the Mandrake folks could improve their distribution? If I post it here
> will the right people see it? Do they mind if marginal "bugs" are
> reported on the "bugs" page? And do the denizens of this list like to
> see suggestions for Mandrake anyway?
>
> Is there a FAQ for the list?
Tom Berger was expending effort toward that end at one time. Check
www.mandrakeuser.org to see if there is some checkpoint for it--the FAQ was
going to cover some content that tended to be frequently asked, like
parallel-port devices, especially Zip Drives....
>
>
> Is it really necessary for this list to be set up so that
> "reply" replies to the entire list and group reply replies to the list
> *twice*? I've sent a number of replies meant for individuals to the
> list and/or sent replies to the list twice. It would appear that I'm
> not the only one, at least for doing the former. (Ok, I'm really just
> blowing off steam here. Of course it'd mess up all the people who are
> used to it if it were changed at this point.)
>
Every list has its style and takes some getting used to. This one seems to
have had musical mailservers for a while, so everyone has had an
opportunity for discontent.
>
> (Brian T. Schellenberger).
> I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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