On Du, 08 iul 12, 14:44:50, Henry Jensen wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:49:58 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sb, 07 iul 12, 15:45:37, Henry Jensen wrote: > > > > > > - In the official Debian forums and mailing lists, there shouldn't be > > > any advice how to run a non-free program, see [3]. So, if any user asks > > > how to run a non-free program on a Debian mailing list, it should be > > > clarified that such discussions are unwanted. That means, that some > > > kind of moderation should be established to be sure, that such unwanted > > > advices or recommendations doesn't happen. > > > > http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/disclaimer > > I'm not sure what you mean by referring to this link, perhaps you can > clarify it? Yes that's exactly what I meant :)
AFAICT Debian does not have the manpower to monitor mailing lists in this regard, the volume is simply too big[1]. > If you are referring to the "Debian accepts no responsibility" and > "Debian does not generally monitor its mailing lists for inappropriate > postings, and does not undertake editorial control of postings", I > think, this conflicts with the free distro evaluation checklist [1]: > > "If the distribution has forums where users can post what the like > (mailing lists, web forums, wikis, etc.) check over those to see if > recommendations for or discussion about nonfree software appear > regularly. They shouldn't be a common occurrence, and they should be > discouraged if someone brings them up." IMVHO[2] the guideline is a bit unrealistic for a big community distro where the main support channels are open mailing lists. [1] https://lists.debian.org/stats/debian-user.png [2] just a Debian user, but I have been active on debian-user and other mailing lists almost 6 years now Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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