The important change: -------------from--------------- Debian-derived distributions are off topic in debian-user --------------to---------------- Debian-derived distributions are strictly off topic in debian-user --------------------------------
The whole diff -u: --- _07 2025-11-01 14:38:39.076532364 -0700 +++ _11 2025-11-01 14:38:47.256554431 -0700 @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -From [email protected] Mon Sep 1 10:08:45 2025 +From [email protected] Sat Nov 1 13:54:53 2025 From: "Andrew M.A. Cater" <[email protected]> -Subject: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20250701) -Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 17:08:11 +0000 +Subject: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20251101) +Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 20:53:49 +0000 To: [email protected] -Message-ID: <[email protected]> +Message-ID: <[email protected]> X-Procmail: 20131214152954# preemption of /home/seldon/IN.debian-user MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ information requested.. 4. The mailing list threads replies. Don't break the thread / raise other -issues needlessly . It is as easy to begin a spearate email - one per issue. +issues needlessly . It is as easy to begin a separate email - one per issue. 5. If several people ask similar questions, it may be possible to summarise lots of information in one post. @@ -80,13 +80,15 @@ subject title periodically with [SUMMARY] or [SOLVED] outlining how the problem was eventually solved or showing what issues remain outstanding. -* Unfortunately, the people on the Debian mailing lists / IRC channels cannot +9. Unfortunately, the people on the Debian mailing lists / IRC channels cannot give good advice for every Debian-derived distribution. Each distribution -changes different things and we will not have all the answers. Debian -derived distributions are off topic in debian-user. Each one should have -its own support channels and processes to raise issues. Debian is not normally -the place though if you can reproduce the problem in Debian we will be better -able to help. +changes different things and we will not have all the answers. + +10. As a result, Debian-derived distributions are strictly off topic in +debian-user. Each one should have its own support channels and processes to +raise issues. Debian-user is not normally the appropriate place to raise +problems with non-Debian distributions though if you can reproduce the +problem in Debian we will possibly be better able to help. * One question that comes up on almost all Debian lists from time to time is of the form:
