z00000mer wrote: > Uhhhh... > > Ok, I'm an idiot. Explain to me in single syllable > words why there is no AMD64 list.
Wrong. Things don't happen around here because they COULD happen, but because there is REASON for them to happen. > Why is there a ROMP list? Because issues regarding ROMP are not of interest to the majority of OpenBSD users. > A WWW list? Because issues regarding the website are not of interest to the majority of OpenBSD users. > A list for people running old Macs with 680xx Motorola dust-covered > crap, Because issues regarding mac68k systems are not of interest to the majority of OpenBSD users. > but there's no AMD64 list. Because issues regarding amd64 systems *ARE* very similar to those of the majority of OpenBSD users. Besides, those of us that don't (yet) have one want one (except for Miod) :) > The other BSDs of note have AMD64 lists, so I'm a dumb-fuck for asking? no, you are acting with questionable intelect in assuming that what another project does mandates what we do, even if you can't provide a valid reason as requested. I, for one, have NO interest in trying to follow one hundered different mail lists (NetBSD) or eighty (FreeBSD). Now, you, as a user, may say you have no interest in seeing non-AMD-related stuff, but news flash: it ain't about you. If the developers can't keep an eye out for important stuff on all the lists, the quality of the product goes down. >From what little I've seen of NetBSD and FreeBSD mail lists, they look like a lesson to learn from, not a model to go by. sheesh. > Given what OBSD ~has~ for mailing lists, I'd find it > shocking that there was a list for a platform that > just may get someplace. > > So, Why (TF) is there not an AMD64 list, given that > OBSD has a list for iron lung vintage hardware. Do > you think that an AMD64 is the same thing as an i386? sure, we send ALL AMD queries off to the..non-existant i386 mail list, too! Do you think there is an i386 mail list? > WTF? Having MORE mail lists doesn't improve anyone's life. We've probably got too many -- a number of the lists get virtually no traffic, and some have produced ZERO traffic of use, and lots of "WHEN WILL IT BE DONE so I can 'test' it??" whining. AMD64 is a mainstream platform. We treat it as such. I see no benefit in treating it as a bizzare, nitch machine. Why don't you go ask FreeBSD and NetBSD why they push off a mainstream platform that shares 99+% of the code with their other platforms into a "special" mail list. Heck, we can't even get people to post on the right list with the small number of lists we got now. Nick.
