Re: apt-get install synaptic / sources.list

[somethin2cool <somethin2cool@yahoo.com>]

Amy Templeton wrote:

> This is true, but a bad attitude does come out in the
> presentation of that thought. Comments like "Apparently this
> is too obvious to bother writing anywhere" when complaining
> about a lack of documentation aren't productive--if taken at
> face value, this particular example is just
> self-deprecating. If the sarcasm that (I think) is
> underlying it is also taken into consideration, it takes on
> a dimension of rudeness thinly masked by self-deprecation.
> Either way, just asking for help rather than sniping at
> yourself and/or the documentation folks is more helpful and
> probably takes less time to write, as well.
>
> Amy

I would completely disagree because it seems that it is thought that the 
answer is so obvious that it is not worth writing about anywhere. Which 
is exactly what I said. The only way that could be taken sarcastically 
is if it was read, and the reader registered the sentence structure 
without bothering to think about the content - which is spot on. What 
other explanation could there be for the lack of an official 
repositories list.

And there is easily enough documentation - it's just not spread evenly 
over all topics. The reason? Because posts like this are ignored.