Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 29 May 2009 15:14:20 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: Not necessarily. There were 'rules' in Nazi Germany too, and there usually exist at least some 'rules' in oppressive regimes, but they do not necessarily, by virtue of their mere existence, lead

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-30 Thread Wojciech Puchar
You did all fine, i have the same configured program in my linux/openbsd/netbsd/solaris/whatever OS and it works fine So . . . basically, it's okay for someone to ask about X if that person reread again. You - intentionally or unintentionally - change what i write to mean something else.

RE: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-30 Thread Wojciech Puchar
-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On the need for moderated questions lists On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 07:13:49PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: software that runs on multiple OSes (and not *just* FreeBSD) to run an extra system, running some other OS. no. i expect them to ask THAT program support

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-30 Thread Wojciech Puchar
But the choice you have in a strictly moderated mailing list is about the same as the choice my people had in that particular oppressive regime: leave or stay to fight a hopeless battle. Thinking your way - if someone will come to my home and will do what i do not accept - can i force him to

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Wojciech Puchar
It's just my opinion, time will show if i am right if they will not do this, and this list turn to 1% on topic. The only problem with that sort of reasoning is that the FreeBSD mailing list charters *have* been decided. but the decision MAY be changed. Of course - it may not, but there is

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 29 May 2009 09:36:07 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: It's just my opinion, time will show if i am right if they will not do this, and this list turn to 1% on topic. The only problem with that sort of reasoning is that the FreeBSD mailing list

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Wojciech Puchar
nothing that prevent me from having an opinion about moderation and trying to explain to others that it make sense. While a change like this is possible, it is going to be very very hard. To change something so deeply ingrained into the whole `culture' of why adding extra moderated list is a

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 29 May 2009 10:00:23 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: nothing that prevent me from having an opinion about moderation and trying to explain to others that it make sense. While a change like this is possible, it is going to be very very hard. To

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Because we already _have_ a list `for general FreeBSD questions', and it is open. Adding even more lists to the mix will --at least initially-- only serve as a source of mild confusion. Imagine you are a new FreeBSD user. Try to imagine it now. i see the webpage, the mailing lists, and ftp

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 29 May 2009 13:01:04 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: Because we already _have_ a list `for general FreeBSD questions', and it is open. Adding even more lists to the mix will --at least initially-- only serve as a source of mild confusion. Imagine

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Wojciech Puchar
FreeBSD. for sure i will ask here if i will need help with FreeBSD. This includes at least two hypothetical scenarios: a) That the current list is an off-topic 'mess'. it is and will be. b) That a moderated list would not be a 'mess'. b is implicit if rules will be clearly defined.

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 29 May 2009 13:55:56 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: FreeBSD. for sure i will ask here if i will need help with FreeBSD. This includes at least two hypothetical scenarios: a) That the current list is an off-topic 'mess'. it is and will be. b)

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Not necessarily. There were 'rules' in Nazi Germany too, and there usually exist at least some 'rules' in oppressive regimes, but they do not necessarily, by virtue of their mere existence, lead to satisfying results. The difference is that you have choice here, people living in Nazi Germany

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 09:36:07AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: OK. On topic is: - question about software made by FreeBSD team which is FreeBSD base system+ports subsystem. In ports subsystem i mean the set of scripts and patches that allows you to compile other programs, BUT NOT THE

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 03:14:20PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Not necessarily. There were 'rules' in Nazi Germany too, and there usually exist at least some 'rules' in oppressive regimes, but they do not necessarily, by virtue of their mere existence, lead to satisfying results. The

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
- questions about purely FreeBSD-specific and FreeBSD-dependend things of ported programs. For example: --- I start program X, configure it the same way as in linux, installed all the same modules, but here it crashes/behave differently. For example: --- here some output --- Where is a

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Wojciech Puchar
software that runs on multiple OSes (and not *just* FreeBSD) to run an extra system, running some other OS. no. i expect them to ask THAT program support. In really rare cases when they got an answer like You did all fine, i have the same configured program in my

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Or take a real-life usage. I have upgraded my system to 7.2-Release. Ever since upgrading, logrotate ceased to work. Clearly FreeBSD related problem - logrotate worked, then the same logrotate does not. Of course check if there is not new version of logrotate too from ports before. You

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:00:49AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: So . . . you have the same choice in a dictatorship that you have in a benign dictatorship: leave. That should have said: So . . . you have the same choice in a moderated mailing list that you have in a benign dictatorship:

Re: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 07:13:49PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: software that runs on multiple OSes (and not *just* FreeBSD) to run an extra system, running some other OS. no. i expect them to ask THAT program support. In really rare cases when they got an answer like You did all fine, i

RE: On the need for moderated questions lists

2009-05-29 Thread gabe
This is stupid, I'm unsubscribing. jeez -Original Message- From: Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:41 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On the need for moderated questions lists On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 07:13:49PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote