Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 11:36:26AM +0100, [email protected] wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 02:45:31AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: >> > On 11/2/25 1:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> This would be too broad, IMO. Don't forget that Debian is a volunteer >> organisation, its infrastructure running off donations. Would you find >> it OK to (ab) use that infrastructure to provide support for users of >> highly commercial endeavours, just because their (well resourced!) >> overlords skimp on that? (Examples: Amazon, Ubuntu, Oracle, diverse >> Androids)? >> >> So I think it's OK to be also able to say "stop: this is an Oracle >> Linux question. Please go to their channels). >> >> It's only the "strict" part I'm not friends with. >> > > OK - I'll revise it to "Strictly, discussion of non-Debian-distributions > is off-topic on Debian-user" > > It's better if we don't get thirty five questions a month about > [Debian-derivative] XYZ and can say "Go and look on their forums > (which can be found here) and if they don't have any support, please > feel free to come back to Debian and show us the problem on Debian" > > We shouldn't have to be the last resort for other distribution users > who don't necessarily read past "Debian" in "Debian-derived" :) > > All the very best, as ever, > > Andy
thanks Andy, i think the word "strictly" is too harsh and would rather see "discouraged" or even "strongly discouraged"... personally, i have no problem just skipping over things i see as OT or when i simply just do not have the time to reply (which is quite often true for me this time of the year anyways). songbird
