On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:33:25AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 07:18:32PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:38:50AM +1000, Julian De Marchi wrote: > > > The purpose of the forum was not to ake over the mailing list, but assist > > > is more in-depth problems and a way of people to find common issues, > > > instead of using the maillist to ask for problems which have already been > > > addressesed. Is'nt it funny that, when the topic is first mentioned, not > > > many people have anything to say. But when someone does something, > > > everyone has their two cents to add in. > > > > > > I am NOT trying to take over any of the other forums. Sorry if it seemed > > > that way. I wish to create a place for people to talk about more in depth > > > problems, where the answers can be archived and retrived by all. Forums > > > will never beat mailling lists! > > > > > > I am aware that there are other forums out there. I am just trying to give > > > back to the Debian community, as I have been giving so much. > > > > > > Please appreciate my efforts, and instead of trying to tell me it is > > > wrong, give useful suggestions. > > > > A major difficulty with this suggestion is, IMHO, the question of > > expert resources, that is to say the time of people whose answers to > > questions are actually useful. These people seem not to be interested > > in yet another forum/list/whatever that they feel obliged to > > watch. (At least this is the impression I get from the responses that > > I have seen to other, prior suggestions of this general sort.) I think > > the 'good answer people' are a scarce resource that should be handled > > carefully. Personnally, I fail to see how this proposal would use this > > scarce resource more effectively, so I am fearful about giving it a > > try. What happens if the 'good answer people' stop paying attention > > and stop noticing to pleas for help? Not good. > > Maybe a project to index the mailing list the way dmoz indexes the web?
Indices are useful (thanks for pointing out this one, I had not heard of it.) But they lack the authority of a signed answer by a know expert. And, if the suggested solution doesn't work for you, you are likely to get real help in understanding your problem. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
