Re: FAQ on debian-user (was Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?)

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>]

On Thursday 25 August 2005 09:31 am, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> Derek "The Monkey" Wueppelmann wrote:
> >This seems to come up rather regularly on this list. Perhaps it might
> >make sense to have a FAQ somewhere that is mailed to any new user that
> >subscribes to the list. This way it can answer some of the common
> >questions that people have, including this one.
>
> I started something along these lines. But I got busy with my research +
> academic work and could not get back to updating it.
>
> See
> http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guidelines.html

#2 should probably start, "By distribution I mean one of Debian stable, Debian 
testing, Debian unstable distributions, not Knoppix, Stormix, etc."

#6 should probably s/frowned upon/prohibited.

#9 should probably include an introduction of Reply-to-List and a list of 
modern MUAs that (properly) support such basic functionality as replying 
properly.

#11 is incorrect.  Anything unrelated to Debian *users* is off-topic (the 
archives and the list webpage can attest to this).

The #1 at the end of the page about the list for newbies should be 
self-evident (if not answered by a list archive but by common sense...who 
wants to read a list of almost nothing but can't-be-bothered-to-google 
questions?).  #2 in that same section is redundant with #9 above.