I don't think you're off the mark at all. I was surpised at some of the commentary posted in my recent Exim4 thread. I have been on this particular mailing list nearly a decade and one of its hallmarks has been a lack of RTFM! type posts.
When exploring the darker corners of some package, this list has traditionally been a wealth of experience to draw on. I hope that isn't changing. There are many threads that are of no interest to me, but I'm proficient enough with my MUA that I can mark them for deletion quite quickly. I know there are many subscribed to this list, but it seems as though some of the annoyed posters are folks I don't recognize. Perhaps they have been lurking lo these many years and I admit that it's conceivable with this list's volume that it's possible to have never crossed paths with some long time subscribers. I certainly hope that the tenor of this list is not changing away from its helpful reputation. Perhaps it is helpful to remember that at some point we were new to Debian and somewhat overwhelmed by it all. The ideal of the Debian community is one of patient helpfulness and this list is really the face of the Debian user community. - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
