Re: Musings on debian-user list
Tim Beauregard wrote:
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> I recently re-subscribed having been off for about four years. The
> changes I have noticed are:
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> 1. Much less traffic. I previously got 250+ posts per day. Now 50-100.
> Could this be due to the development of ubuntu?
May be. But I also think it is because the quality of Debian packages,
packaging process (having Sid, testing, stable, experimental, backports),
bug reporting process have improved a lot in recent years. As a result, a
user of Debian does not need to constantly write emails to d-u for support.
> 5. Less newbie posts. Ubuntu?
I think so. But I am also glad that it is that way.
> 7. Less spam.
Totally with you on that. The mailing list managers deserve kudos for doing
such a great job.
raju
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Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
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