Bram Van Dam wrote:
I quite frankly don't give a rat's arse about how frustrated some of you
are by seeing n00bs post on the list. So what if someone didn't read man
page XYZ? At least tell them to read it. The only thing more disgusting
than people not willing to learn, is people not willing to help others
learn. Share the knowledge. Either that, or shut your trap.
You missed my point entirely. I too am a new OpenBSD user. My point is
that people who attempt to perform installations which directly
contradict published OpenBSD guidelines (use GENERIC), then complain
about the problems they encountered aren't helping new users. If
anything, they are teaching new users bad habits. If you don't follow
the instructions, you deserve to get yelled at because:
1) You waste developers time and piss them off
2) You are not providing useful information to new users.
I'm glad that you obtain some entertainment value from the list, but new
users don't come to misc for entertainment, we come for useful
information to solve our issues and identify new issues that haven't
been encountered before.
Walter
