** Tru64 User (Dienstag, 17. Juni 2003 18:06)
> OK, well said ppl. We (mandrake experts) don't want
> changes!. Got it.

Could you pls rephrase this into "We don't want changes we regard as bad 
or not partable to our list."?

> How about encouraging people to post final summaries
> then? At least we will know what solved their
> problems. In many cases,  i read "arguments" but at
> the end never knows what resolved the issue.

It's always good behaviour to post a final solution of a problem which 
was discussed on the list. This is standard policy but I must admit 
that it is sometimes not followed.

> For example, as far as this thread goes, the initiator
> (me) is satisfied with the # of answers, thus I am
> posting the summary, with the inputs I received, which
> is, a SUMMARY of what all others said. NOT an entry of
> all what was SAID.

This is the difference of this public list to a list of your preferance. 
We already know the summary because we all read the varous postings. 
Reading the postings also told us the opinions of the various posters 
which will give us a picture of one or the other.

A summary like you propose is sometimes not the same as the varous 
postings. Example: Your sentence about us not liking changes. That's 
not what the posters wrote. They don't like YOUR proposed changes.

A SOLUTION is different and should be posted. We cannot know what the 
asking user did in the and after having received some advices here on 
the list. It also could be that the solution was something derived from 
several postings. So the user HAS to post a solution-posting.

A SUMMARY is different.

> _Thanks All for reading......

No problem. IMHO it's a Good Thing(TM) to have propositions, discussions 
and summaries about this list. It's a democratic thing.

wobo
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