Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20250101)

2025-01-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (Last modified 20241201)

2024-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240901)

2024-10-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240901)

2024-09-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240701)

2024-07-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240701)

2024-07-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Parenthesis or square brackets and "was" (was: Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240501))

2024-06-02 Thread eben
On 6/1/24 23:02, Max Nikulin wrote: On 02/06/2024 02:59, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: If you change subject or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the subject line on your email accordingly so that this can be clearly seen. For example: New question [WAS Old topic] Are square brackets intention

Re: Parenthesis or square brackets and "was" (was: Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240501))

2024-06-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jun 02, 2024 at 10:02:58AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 02/06/2024 02:59, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > If you change subject > > or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the subject line on your email > > accordingly so that this can be clearly seen. > > > > For example: New question [WA

Re: Parenthesis or square brackets and "was" (was: Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240501))

2024-06-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 02, 2024 at 10:02:58AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 02/06/2024 02:59, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > If you change subject > > or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the subject line on your email > > accordingly so that this can be clearly seen. > > > > For example: New question [WA

Parenthesis or square brackets and "was" (was: Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240501))

2024-06-01 Thread Max Nikulin
On 02/06/2024 02:59, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: If you change subject or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the subject line on your email accordingly so that this can be clearly seen. For example: New question [WAS Old topic] Are square brackets intentional here? E.g. thunderbird strips "(wa

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240501)

2024-06-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list [Modified 20240408]

2024-05-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list [Modified 20240401]

2024-03-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240201)

2024-02-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240102)

2024-01-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. A Debian resource - Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum hosted on Debian resources. As such, it is subject to both

On threads and changing Subject [was: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)]

2024-01-02 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 02, 2024 at 03:26:03AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 07:32:18PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > > If one changes subject, would it not be better to simply start a new > > thread? With most mail readers threading using the In-Reply-To header, > > the new s

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)

2024-01-01 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 07:32:18PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > If one changes subject, would it not be better to simply start a new > thread? With most mail readers threading using the In-Reply-To header, > the new subject would get buried in the old thread. Personally I prefer that. I

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)

2024-01-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 07:32:18PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > If one changes subject, would it not be better to simply start a new > thread? With most mail readers threading using the In-Reply-To header, > the new subject would get buried in the old thread. There's a difference between natural

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)

2024-01-01 Thread Charles Curley
The refactoring and headers are an improvement, thank you. On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 22:56:03 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > If you change subject or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the > subject line on your email accordingly so that this can be clearly > seen. > > For example: New ques

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)

2024-01-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20231216)

2024-01-01 Thread Michael Kjörling
Could we perchance add something to the FAQ about the inappropriateness of reposting private replies to the list without first confirming with the people involved that doing so is acceptable? -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, no

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20231216)

2023-12-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for examp

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified x2 16th December 2023)

2023-12-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for examp

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 16th December 2023)

2023-12-16 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > * It may also be useful to for someone to post a summary email from time to > time to explain long threads. You did not move the old "to" but rather added a new one during the change from the text in 2023/12/msg00045.html to the new one: > > * It may also be usef

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 16th December 2023)

2023-12-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for examp

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December2023)

2023-12-01 Thread tomas
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 07:30:47PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 08:18:13PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > there is a new surplus word "private" in these lines: > > > > > * Please post answers back to the list so others can benefit: private > > > privat

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December2023)

2023-12-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > * Before posting, it may be useful to check your post for spelling mistakes > and scan it for redundancy, duplicate words and redundancy. Some wisdom cannot be repeated enough. Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December2023)

2023-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 08:18:13PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > there is a new surplus word "private" in these lines: > > > * Please post answers back to the list so others can benefit: private > > private conversations don't benefit people who may only be following > > > Have a nic

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December2023)

2023-12-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, there is a new surplus word "private" in these lines: > * Please post answers back to the list so others can benefit: private > private conversations don't benefit people who may only be following Have a nice day :) Thomas

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December 2023)

2023-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st November 2023)

2023-11-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (Unmodified August 2023)

2023-09-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2023-08-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (unmodified 1st July)

2023-07-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (unmodified April 1)

2023-05-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific, for exa

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list [no October 2022 updates]

2022-11-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific for exam

Monthly FAQ for debian-user mailing list

2022-05-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific for exam

Re: WAS: Re: Monthly FAQ for debian-user mailing list. Debian as worldwide

2022-04-03 Thread 황병희
> In the same way, if I give my opinion > about German politics / independence for Catalunya - Germans and people in > Spain and Catalunya could say ""Who is this Andy Cater and what does he know > about anything? He should just go away and mind his own business." Very proper example! Thanks ^^^

WAS: Re: Monthly FAQ for debian-user mailing list. Debian as worldwide

2022-04-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 07:27:47PM +0900, 황병희 wrote: > "Andrew M.A. Cater" writes: > > > (...thanks...) > > Debian's community is world wide; don't > >assume others will agree with your views or need to read them on a > >Debian list. > > Thanks, again i'll keep in mind ^^^ > > Sincerel

Re: Monthly FAQ for debian-user mailing list

2022-04-01 Thread 황병희
"Andrew M.A. Cater" writes: > (...thanks...) > Debian's community is world wide; don't >assume others will agree with your views or need to read them on a >Debian list. Thanks, again i'll keep in mind ^^^ Sincerely, Linux fan Byung-Hee from South Korea -- ^고맙습니다 _和合團結_ 감사합니다_^))//

Monthly FAQ for debian-user mailing list

2022-04-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific for exam

Monthly FAQ for debian-user mailing list

2022-03-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific for exam

Monthly FAQ for debian-user mailing list

2022-02-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific for exam

Monthly FAQ for debian-user mailing list

2021-12-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
an-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific for example

Monthly FAQ for debian-user mailing list

2021-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific for exam

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-10-04 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-10-01 at 12:39, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. A suggestion to make this monthly posting more useful: perhaps consider adding a revision number and/or date? I don't want t

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-10-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific for exampl

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-09-02 Thread David Wright
On Thu 02 Sep 2021 at 09:46:33 (+), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 08:12:06PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 01 sep 21, 12:32:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > > > and to facilitate discussion o

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-09-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 08:12:06PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 01 sep 21, 12:32:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. > > > > Some guidelines which may help explain how t

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-09-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On Wed, 1 Sep 2021 12:23:09 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Wed 01 Sep 2021 at 20:12:06 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 01 sep 21, 12:32:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian > > > users, and to facilitate discussion on rel

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-09-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On Wed, 1 Sep 2021 20:12:06 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 01 sep 21, 12:32:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. > > > > Some guidelines which may help explain how the

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-09-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 12:23:09PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 01 Sep 2021 at 20:12:06 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 01 sep 21, 12:32:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > > > and to facilitate discussion on rel

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-09-01 Thread David Wright
On Wed 01 Sep 2021 at 20:12:06 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 01 sep 21, 12:32:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. > > > > Some guidelines which may help explain how the

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-09-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 01 sep 21, 12:32:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. > > Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: > > * The language on this mailing list is English. There

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-09-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific for exam