On Wed 19 Nov 2014 at 16:14:46 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Brian wrote: > >On Wed 19 Nov 2014 at 12:41:45 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > > >>Jonathan Dowland wrote: > >>>On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 03:25:24AM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > >>>>No, not necessarily. For many, it means that Debian Linux is dying > >>>>and will soon be dead -- or rather, no longer relevant. I just hope > >>>>that the alternative in FreeBSD works out. > >>>I encourage you to find out sooner, rather than later, but please don't > >>>trouble to tell us whether it does or not. > >>> > >>> > >>Please DO report back. Some of us really do want to know the state > >>of alternatives. > >Apart from using your own resources to explore alternatives you will find > >the experts at > > > > http://www.freelists.org/list/modular-debian > > > >The list is tailored exactly to your needs and the needs of others with > >similar thinking. They are actively seeking recruits. I am confident you > >will be welcomed into a congenial coterie of like-minded people where > >discussion of other operating systems is always on the agenda. > > > >The vast majority on debian-user see this list as being for the support > >of users who *use* Debian and not a talking shop about it. Encouragement > >to pervert its purpose is little short of bad manners, no matter how > >interesting a small number may find the topic. Please be considerate. > > > Ummm.... quite a few of us ARE using Debian, and HAVE BEEN using > Debian, and discussion of comparisons and alternatives seems to be > perfectly on topic.
Nobody has mentioned 'on-topic' or 'off-topic' but the continual rabbiting on (sorry, Scott) becomes a trifle wearing after five+ months. Using Debian isn't a reason to create a talking shop about every little thing connected with it, especially when it is to the detriment of this list. Excitment about having a group of like-minded people to converse with at modular-debian appears lacking. One wonders why? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141119231649.gt3...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
