Re: OT: Answering your own question (Was: Clamav update failed)
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 08:14:04PM +0100, Alois Mahdal wrote:
> I think that even if you actually knew the answer before you
> asked, it's still better for community to "pretend" that you
> ask and answer than to keep it all to yourself.
Are you serious?
Imagine the thousands of posts like, "What does uname -a produce"
etc, etc, etc. debian-user is primarily a support ML. I suggest
wiki.debian.org for a knowledge collection place.
> (BTW, as a PoC example this principle is actually encouraged
> at StackExchange forums; when posting the question, you have
> an "answer your question" checkbox that adds Answer field to
> the form so you can answer your own question right away! As
> long as it's helpful, readable ...
And there's the rub ... who is going to moderate??
If you prefer forums, there is ask.debian.net
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