On Tue 03 Dec 2013 at 23:06:07 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > no doubt about it, many of my mails were unneeded, but the most mails > for "the thread", some from me, many from others, were absolutely ok.
Most mails were OK? The original questions concerned (i) Which Distribution: and (ii) DEB vs RPM I'm not going to count how many posts kept exactly to these topics but thread drift rapidly set in and opinion (rather than any technical arguments) prevailed. If that is "absolutely ok" this list is heading rapidly towards irrelevance. > If I should write again too much off-topic, please send me a note > off-list. If a newbie does ask something that is not Debian related If you cannot determine for yourself what takes the thread away from its primary purpose why should we act as minders for what you write? > enough for your taste, please consider that this is a user list. Maybe It is a user list ; but not one on which anything goes. Having the word "debian" in its title clues you in. > some expert talks belong to a developers list ;). I think that says a great deal about the way you view this list. -- 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/20131203225653.gc5...@copernicus.demon.co.uk