On Sat 16 May 2020 at 16:01:17 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez (12020-05-15): > > I wrote a lengthier reply to another of your messages in this thread, > > then deleted it without sending. > > > > However, you appear to still be hung up on something, though I cannot > > tell what it is. > > People who think they understood the question and give an irrelevant > answer are a bane for mutual help mailing-lists and forums. At best they > are a waste of time; at worst, they confuse users or prevent the actual > answer from being found.
That's life. > Have you never searched an issue on the web, found a thread in an Ubuntu > forum with the exact problem you have, and been disappointed to find a > dozen irrelevant answers, with only a superficial relation to the > question. That's also life. > I do not want the Debian mailing-lists to look more like Ubuntu forums. Understandable. But does -user bear that close a look? > If you are not sure you understood the question precisely, just shut up. > Somebody else will probably give a more relevant answer. And if it does > not happen, you can still reply a few hours later. Everyone who answers the question understands its import, just not in the same way you or I do. -- Brian.
