Re: Signal/noise ratio on -devel

1999-12-21 Thread Decklin Foster
Wichert Akkerman writes: > [debian-devel] exists to discuss any technical issues surounding > debian. And that can be anything ranging from archive management to > development strategies to implementing acceptable defaults. I agree. I just see a lot of supposedly technical discussions lately that

Re: Signal/noise ratio on -devel

1999-12-20 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Decklin Foster wrote: > And when people who subscribe to -devel to try to get *information* > have to constantly filter out this stuff, it eventually makes them fed > up (say, to the point where they write some rant to -project). debian-devel doesn't exist to get information. It exists

Signal/noise ratio on -devel

1999-12-20 Thread Decklin Foster
OK. Our humble not-yet-a-developer-due-to-new-maint-reorg, having finished exams, packs up and drives home for the holiday. So I get back, relax for a while, do non-computer stuff, etc etc. about 1:30 AM I decide to fetch my email. Hmm. 61 messages. Either I've just become incredibly popular, or th