Simon, > On Aug 15, 2007, at 18:57, Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > >> I agree; this is why we set up opensolaris-help. But even there, >> questions should be about getting up and running (or up and >> developing) with an OpenSolaris-based distribution, not S10 or >> anything else. And specific questions like "How can I get my e1000g >> NIC to work?" are probably better answered by a distribution-specific >> list or in a relevant community group. The intent for -help was, >> iirc, to answer questions like "Why did my build fail?" and "Where is >> the source for foo?" > > Given the fact that unseen hands have kindly recruited around 65,000 > tire-kickers into the community this effect is hardly a surprise. I > don't think railing at them is going to help, to be honest. I think > your approach - to try to isolate it to osol-discuss and build up the > real community of developers in the rest of the lists - is the best > strategy. Beyond an occasional skim I hardly visit osol-discuss any > more.
Unless I completely miss your point through your use of colloquialisms, are you trying to say that the "tire-kickers" (surely "tyrekickers" in English, according to the OUP) should be consigned to the black hole of osol-discuss, and (hopefully) never be heard of again; rather than trying to kick-start their education into the ways and ethos of the OpenSolaris community? Whereas people who "know" what they are talking about/asking will automatically go to the correct forum? This seems elitist, and not the way to grow the community. 2cents over. Regards... Sean.
