Re: Removing the freebsd-config list

--2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 02:04:37PM +0100, Paul Robinson wrote:
> Quoting Kris Kennaway <[email protected]>:
>=20
> > This mailing list gets nothing but misfiled support emails that should
> > go to questions@ (presumably the belief is that "freebsd-config" is
> > the mailing list for "help with configuring FreeBSD")...I think it
> > should just be removed.
>=20
> 1. Does having it cause any damage?

Yes, because people are mistakenly asking support questions that are
going unanswered.

> What is the gain in it's removal?

They'll hopefully keep looking at the list of mailing lists and figure
out that questions@ is where they should send it.

> 2. Perhaps it could be re-jigged into a mailing list to discuss the possi=
bility
> of developing configuration management tools. I know there are a couple o=
f guys
> here in the UK that are interested in looking at that in the next few mon=
ths.
> We could keep this as our "home" if nobody else wants it. The name even f=
its.
> :-)

That's what the list is ostensibly for, but the users are seeing
"freebsd-config" and thinking something different.  If there's still
interest in the subject, the mailing list should at least be renamed
to something more obviously not about technical support :)

Kris

--2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD)

iD8DBQFAbBcaWry0BWjoQKURApsEAJwP4ZNIWiJfGt4dwx3fk0qa2h6FFQCgjPKg
7CHeBXUvO9z9DDPDoUiWU18=
=lKJW
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO--