On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 00:10 GMT, Thanasis Kinias penned: > scripsit Monique Y. Herman: > >> A lot of times, people post very app-specific questions to, say, this >> debian-user list. I've done this myself. Perhaps no one on this >> list has the expertise required. If you have a question about mutt >> (that doesn't involve installation through apt), you're probably best >> off asking on the mutt mailing list. If you have a question about >> vim ... etc. > > OTOH, there is a great pool of knowledge here, and many people are not > able to follow the mailing list for every app they use. If it's a > very technical question (e.g., trying to track down why gimp segfaults > when you do a particular action) it's obviously more appropriate for > the app's list. If it's more general, and you don't know whether it > might be Debian-specific (e.g., an app just stopped working after I > dist-upgraded a testing box) this is a pretty good resource to exhaust > first before going to the app people. >
Agreed. Also, some apps have much more helpful user mailing lists than others. I'm just saying, if a question doesn't get answered, I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that people are ignoring you to be mean -- it's quite possible that no one knows the answer or has time to track it down right now. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
