On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 12:38 PM Gilles <codecompl...@free.fr> wrote: > A lot of "How do I…?" questions can be answered by searching the archives > of the mailing list : > > https://www.mail-archive.com/fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org/ >
People don't do that, though. In every support forum in the universe, some appreciable percentage of posts are asking the same thing which the fellow 3 posts down from them is asking. (The BoardGameGeek forums are _prime_ examples of this.) Since it's apparently not mentionned currently — I had to google "fossil > scm mailing list" to find it —, I suggest updating the Docs section of > www.fossil-scm.org page to add a link. > Richard is in the process of replacing the mailing list, so it's unlikely to get a link on the home page. > And maybe one day, move the mailing list to a web-based forum entirely so > that people can post questions directly. > That's exactly what Richard is currently implementing. That alone won't stop the "how do i" posts - it's a Cosmic Rule that many people won't bother searching a forum (beyond a casual Google effort) before posting their own (oft-repeated) query. :/. -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ "Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf
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