[1390] in RedHat Linux List
FAQs (was Re: moving contents of hard drive)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Mon Oct 28 08:33:04 1996
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 08:28:38 -0500
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
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Jon Klaren writes:
> On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Donnie Barnes wrote:
> [stuff about copying whole drives deleted]
> > >] Hey Donnie,
> > >] This "how do I copy a whole drive" is such a FAQ. Any chance you
> > >] could add it to the FAQ. (Like you don't have anything else to do ;-)
> >
> > I have a philosophical problem adding this to the FAQ. It is
> > the "Red Hat" FAQ, so we should try to keep it Red Hat specific,
> > and this isn't.
> >
> > Perhaps we should have a Red Hat mailing list FAQ? I'd like to
> > see that, but I'd also like to see it handled by the user base
> > (ie *you* guys, not me :-). I would be willing to put it on our
> > web site and even change the danged footer for every message.
> > If anyone would like to volunteer to maintain such a doc, email
> > me privately. The maintainer would *have* to keep the FAQ in
> > linuxdoc-sgml format, though. (It isn't hard to learn, I promise.)
>
> I see your point. The Red Hat FAQ should be Red Hat specific. But
> there's no use reinventing the wheel by making a redhat-list FAQ
> (i.e. duplicating the efforts of the LDP). On the other hand, there is
> a lot of off-topic mail on this list, and many of them are FAQs.
>
> What do others think? Donnie used to be the champion of tact with his
> "read the FAQ" messages, though it would piss some people off. Should
> we discourage off-topic posts and pleas for general help? There are
> other mail-lists and news groups for this type of help, although I'm the
> first to admit the redhat-list is the only one I follow regularly due to
> the friendly, helpful nature of the folks here and the fairly high and
> spam-free signal:noise ratio.
One of things I like about RedHat in general, and the RedHat lists in
particular, is that I can frequently get quick answers to problems
which come up in my day-to-day operations "using" RedHat Linux.
Most of us are busy and want to get things done as quickly as is
possible. If I have a Solaris question, it takes days and days to get
an answer. This means I have to keep thinking about it and it takes away
from other productive activity.
I think it is good for all of us, and a good marketing strategy for
RedHat to keep these channels open. If a topic of frequent discussion
were put in a FAQ, then the traffic dealing with it on the list will
diminish, so it is good to have it.
My feeling is that Donnie is just too busy to deal with specific
non-RedHat issues. I don't think he was discouraging using this list
for non-RedHat specific issues, but just saying that *he* won't add to
his workload by administering a non-RedHat-specific FAQ.
-sen
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