Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-03-02 Thread Joe
On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:34:35 -0500 Chris Jones wrote: Are OT threads of such interest that they should remain > public so others get a chance to join in..? Are they worth archiving > in a public repos for posterity? > > Sometimes. Google has occasionally found me an answer in a casual off-hand r

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-03-02 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 06:48:47AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Ma, 01 mar 11, 19:59:25, Chris Jones wrote: > > > That shouldn't be a problem, the list is setup as close as > > > possible[1] to debian-user: posting open, no reply-to munging, > > > etc. so all you would need to do to move a disc

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-03-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 01 mar 11, 19:59:25, Chris Jones wrote: > > > > That shouldn't be a problem, the list is setup as close as possible[1] > > to debian-user: posting open, no reply-to munging, etc. so all you > > would need to do to move a discussion is reply-to-all and replace d-u > > with d-OT. > > Well, I

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-03-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/03/11 11:59, Chris Jones wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:10:01AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Lu, 28 feb 11, 22:47:17, Chris Jones wrote: > >>> So what do I do..? recommend we continue our heated discussion on >>> the OT mailing list..? too bad.. she's not subscribed to D-OT .. and >

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-03-01 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:10:01AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Lu, 28 feb 11, 22:47:17, Chris Jones wrote: > > So what do I do..? recommend we continue our heated discussion on > > the OT mailing list..? too bad.. she's not subscribed to D-OT .. and > > given the circumstances and our disagree

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-03-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 28 feb 11, 22:47:17, Chris Jones wrote: > > So what do I do..? recommend we continue our heated discussion on the OT > mailing list..? too bad.. she's not subscribed to D-OT .. and given the > circumstances and our disagreement.. no way she's going to go through > all the trouble of subscri

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-03-01 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 1 March 2011 13:47, Chris Jones wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:34:04AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] > > > > [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=4254

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Freeman
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:47:17PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:34:04AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: . . . > > Interestingly, the OT threads on debian-user also went down a lot > > since a few years, for reasons unknown to me. > > > > So, unless something happens on the l

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Chris Jones
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:34:04AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: > [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] > > [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425439] > Hi, > > Being the stubborn person that I am,

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Dan Serban
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:34:04 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: > [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] > > [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425439] > > Hi, > > Being the stubborn person that I am, I

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 28 February 2011 19:10:58 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi, > > In short, seeing what has been posted over the past 12 months, I can't > see the point in having the list, sorry. > > There are so many emails, forums, etc there isn't enough hours for > me to consume any more time. There

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Doug
On 02/28/2011 11:13 AM, Slicky Johnson wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:34:04 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425439] Hi, Being

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 1 March 2011 01:34, Andrei Popescu wrote: > [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] > > [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425439] > > Hi, > > Being the stubborn person that I am, I want to give o

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread CamaleĆ³n
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:34:04 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] (removing off-topic just in case because I'm not subscribed) > [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, In short, seeing what has been posted over the past 12 months, I can't see the point in having the list, sorry. There are so many emails, forums, etc there isn't enough hours for me to consume any more time. There is plenty of "noise" on some of the lists that I already subscribe,

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 17:34, Andrei Popescu wrote: > [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] > > [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425439] > > Hi, > > Being the stubborn person that I am, I want to

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Jens Van Broeckhoven
Op Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:34:04 +0200 Andrei Popescu schreef: > [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] > > [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425439] > > Hi, > > Being the stubborn person that I am,

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Slicky Johnson
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:34:04 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: > [Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] > > [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425439] > > Hi, > > Being the stubborn person that I am, I

A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
[Cross-posted to: d-community-offtopic, debian-user] [For those who don't know what I'm talking about, please see #425439 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425439] Hi, Being the stubborn person that I am, I want to give one more chance to the -offtopic list for Debian users and/o