Re: Please comment on a debian-offtopic list
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:56:23 -0700
Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:32:57AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:17:57AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> >
> > > > I agree the list is much "cleaner" now, but, with a few exceptions, the
> > > > big OT threads have been much fun.
> > >
> > > so, with all due respect and being genuinely curious, you seem to be a
> > > proponent of debian-ot. Can I ask why? (note that I'm not diggin
> > > through the archives ATM, so if I've mischaracterised you, I
> > > apologise.)
> >
> > You're right, I beat Joey Schulze (the other Joey) by 12 days at
> > proposing a debian-offtopic list (#425439 and #427218).
> >
> > As I just said above, I think (most of) the OT threads are fun and they
> > are also bringing the community together. A debian-offtopic list would
> > be the best way of having all those offtopic discussions inside the
> > debian project, but without disturbing the "normal" d-u (or d-d, ... ,
> > whatever) traffic (and no, debian-curiosa is *not* suited).
> >
> > ... looking at the "Etch + USB Modem -- Supported?" thread I'm guessing
> > you guys (at least you and Ron) are also missing those.
>
> yeah, sorry I spelled your name wrong there. But since Celejar has
> logged my claim to be done with that thread, I can't properly issue a
> correction.
Don't worry, I won't hold you to it.
> I'm still up in the air about d-ot (heh. that's a good one, d.o.t.) as
> I don't think its actually practical to implement. For example, how
> would one go about moving that USB^h^h^hVituperations thread over to
> d.o.t. and then moving it back when it veers back on-topic.
Well, I guess we'll just need to be very, very careful not to veer back
on topic.
> its a difficult social problem for which there are few if any
> technological solutions...
>
> A
Celejar
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