On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:58:36 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:57:11PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 04:07:38PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> >> Anyway, whether you are in doubt you can always tag the subject >> >> accordingly to avoid complains from the rest of the mailing list >> >> participants. >> > >> > Oh, right! like if you turn your hazard lights on in your car you can >> > park anywhere you like. :( >> >> Well, exactly... that's what an OT flag is for: you are saying "hey, >> people, something happens here but I don't know what, watch out!" >> >> Okay, what do you prefer, that people stops asking here because they're >> afraid of the mailing list users reaction? Nah, that would be even >> worst, I'm more in the line of "you first shoot and then ask" as no one >> can be "harmed" here >;-) > > How about suggesting the use of: > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > instead?
It does not apply for the case we are treating here: you post into the offtopic mailing list when you know *beforehand* that you are not going to ask for something related to Debian not when you are in doubt :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ju6elb$d1g$6...@dough.gmane.org
