Re: Mailing list policy
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
MS> Hi,
MS> "Bdale" == Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> writes:
MS>
Bdale> In article <[🔎] 87yb09erzb.fsf@npreyer.eou.edu> you wrote:
> One source of increased traffic is from non-developers (like me) who
> are using hamm: we're told to ask questions about hamm on
> debian-devel rather than debian-user.
Bdale>
Bdale> Why? Who told you that? This class of question seems clearly
Bdale> to belong on debian-user.
MS>
MS> As we come closer to a release, hamm is converging towards a user
MS> release, the distinction has become blurred; nevertheless, we
MS> can't just asbout face and dress down people for asking questions
MS> about unstable on debian-devel; at least, not unless we formulate
MS> some kind of a policy and stick to it.
What if we created a debian-unstable mailing list, like debian-user
but specifically targeted for the current unstable distribution? This
would give a clear place to ask i.e. libc5-to-libc6 upgrade questions
without clogging up debian-devel or debian-user.
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