On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:03:06 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 01:38:27PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:06:48 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: >> > But, it **IS** ON TOPIC if they are not looking for Oracle support, >> > so marking it [OT] is counter productive. >> >> And when is that to happen? What's the line that makes the difference >> between both? In the end, you are asking for support about an Oracle >> product, right? > > It could be an installation issue; working in with the Debian system. > Then it is not [OT]
If the installer is not in charge of Debian, then yes, that's suitable for the "off-topic" tag. If it is closed source, even more. We cannot control any aspect of the installation routine neither have a look at the code, that's a task for the Oracle devels. >> > d-community-offtopic would be the list to post to if they wanted free >> > Oracle support. >> >> The list to post would be in that case the Oracle forum or mailing >> lists > > Oracle don't tend to give out free help. Could you find a mailing list? Ah, you finally got it! Now you see why someone would ask an OT here? >:-) (side note: yes, there are forums and mailing lists available at their site) >> but the OP already knows that and he/she is not looking for *that kind* >> of support, > > Free help is better than paying for it. :) Exactly, that's the point. >> that's why he/she tags the subject as OT here, not in debian offtopic >> ML. > > Are you suggesting that some posts to d-community-offtopic be marked as > [OT] ? Mmm, nope... what made you think that? Anyway, it would be a redundancy but nothing that hurts. I can't tell because I'm unaware about the rules of the offtopic mailing list. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jujirr$rg0$2...@dough.gmane.org
