Re: some reality about iptables, please
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 10:26:57AM -0400, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> To then run across one suggestion along with language suggesting he
> wasn't telling the whole story (so I could evaluate what to do with it)
> and inferring I'll have trouble if I use his suggestion was maddening.
>
> In jokes are great for people who are on the in - they may be at the
> expense of others.
[...]
> I also think the standard for the documentation that's accepted for
> default installation with Debian maybe needs to meet a standard that
> does the job of providing useful information for as broad a range of
> users and skill and knowledge levels as can be arranged. Threatening
> doom and not saying why comes across a bit slack to me.
>
> Yes, this is a fun place we all get to be individuals in, joking with
> each other. OTOH, I'm a Software Quality Assurance Analyst for a
> living, and you don't leave users high and dry, and you don't play with
> them. That's not helpful.
I think you should mail the maintainer (via a bug report) and say so,
then. He may well not read this list.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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