Re: Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]

[Andrei Popescu <andreimp@rdslink.ro>]

On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 02:30:04 -0600
Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:

> Andrei Popescu wrote:
> 
> >It has been suggested by several people in this thread to have a 'debian-newcomer' list.
> >
> >Question: Is there real interest in having this and how many users will subscribe in order to help the newcomers (from "doze" or Mac or other distros)? A name or nick as an answer i think will do. I'll start with myself though i'm quite a modest guy (really) :)
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> >1. Andrei
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> This gets asked on this list every six months or so; see the archives.
> 
> In short, the general consensus is that having a newcomer list is a bad 
> idea (for several reasons, which can be found in the archives).
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> 
> -- 
> Kent

I guess i'm a pretty stubborn guy and i want to find this out the hard way :)

Andrei