On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 8:37 AM Todd Zullinger <t...@pobox.com> wrote: > > George N. White III wrote: > > Fedora provides: > > > > NAME > > fpaste - A cli frontend for the > > paste.fedoraproject.org pastebin > > > > SYNOPSIS > > fpaste [OPTION]... [FILE]... > > > > DESCRIPTION > > It is often useful to be able to easily paste > > text to the Fedora Pastebin at > > http://paste.fedoraproject.org and this simple > > utility will do that and return the resulting URL > > so that people may examine the output. This can > > hopefully help folks who are for some reason stuck > > without a graphical interface, working remotely, or > > any other reason they may be unable to paste > > something into the pastebin using a web browser. > > Those pastes expire after 24 hours -- at most. Anyone who > doesn't read the thread within that time won't be able to > see the context. I consider that a strong reason to avoid > it for mailing list posts. > > I think trimming what's sent is preferable. To me, one of > the great values of a mailing list is the ability for others > to read and learn from it later. If we treat it as a > transient support tool, we're losing that value.
I'd argue that the moderators should do their job. If there's too few moderators, then call for more. > It's much more fulfilling to contribute to the list when > it's got the possibility to benefit others well after the > initial post. If all we're doing is providing free, > one-time support, it is harder to justify the time (IMHO). > > I'm happy if I can help others as I've learned a lot from > folks who know more than I ever will. I would just like the > effort spent here to be of value beyond the immediate > exchange. Jeff _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
