On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 12:40:28 -0400 Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
> Joe wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:46:58 +0100 > > Tom Furie <t...@furie.org.uk> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 11:41:57PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > >> > >>> Programming belongs on any Linux list, especially since a lot of > >>> times you need to code to get things done. Dare you to configure > >>> dwm without coding. > >> However, there is a difference between discussing code in the > >> context of a solution to a problem and discussing coding and > >> langauges in general. > >> > > Indeed, but the name of the list is 'debian-user', not 'Debian': > > it's about us, not about the OS. A subject is off-topic here if it > > is [likely to be] of no concern to Debian users, not merely if it > > is not specific to the Debian operating system. > > > > Debian users might well be interested in better ways to administer > > and configure their Debian systems, even when such methods are not > > applicable *only* to Debian. > > > > And the point was made elsewhere recently that many/most of us are > > computer *users*, not developers or full-time administrators. If you > > have only time to read one or two technical lists, it makes sense to > > read those which are specific to your operating system(s), rather > > than pick from hundreds covering various languages, applications and > > computer science topics. > > > > Given that Linux in general, and Debian in specific is probably more > frequently used on servers than on desktops, and many who use Debian > are also developers and their own system administrators, I would > suggest that that anyone who installs, administers, develops on, > and/or develops for Debian IS a "debian-user." > > I would also suggest that, given that Debian has it's own foibles > when it comes to packaging, file system layout, system services (can > you say systemd?), configuration, and so forth, the details of how > different language environments work, when deployed on Debian, and > perhaps which ones are more commonly used in the Debian environment > can be important topics of discussion (e.g., FAI incorporates shell > and Perl scripts, and seems to be migrating to cfengine). If one is > planning a new install, that kind of thing might be of interest (it > certainly is to me). > > So please... get of your high horse. > Actually, I was the one on the low horse: I was suggesting that all information of technical interest to users (at whatever level) of the Debian operating system is on-topic here, regardless of whether it is unique to Debian. This is contrary to the prevailing ethos. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140629175452.5b0c9...@jretrading.com
