Re: New list for Raspbian? (was: Re: systemdq)
On Monday 30 December 2019 10:13:50 rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, December 30, 2019 08:48:20 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 06:57:12PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > Chasing us off from asking raspbian related questions here, is a
> > > lost cause because they don't have a mailing list, but a forum
> > > generally populated by uppity folks, [...]
> >
> > That does not mean you can post Raspbian problems HERE.
> >
> > This list is for Debian problems only.
>
> It would not be that hard to create a new mailing list for raspbian
> users, maybe over on groups.io (can even be done for free).
>
> I'm not sure how many people from this list would subscribe.
>
> But, this list might tolerate occasional posts of the nature:
>
> <~quote>
> A new post / thread has been posted over on (e.g.,) raspbian-user
> asking the question: <short synopsis of the question> <and any of>:
>
> * there have been answers, but none seems to solve the problem
> * no one on the list seems to be able to answer
> * <something else>
>
> Help would be appreciated, either on that list or possibly here if it
> seems relevant to debian users.
> </~quote>
>
> If help is needed to create such a list, I can probably find time.
>
> groups.io has three tiers of service, including a free one. Any of
> them will work as a mailing list, iirc, the free one has a limit
> (maybe 1 GB) on things like files, photos, ... (and maybe
> attachments).
>
> It is possible that Debian would allow it to be hosted on
> lists.debian.org.
That would be the obvious place, but I'd think the debian folks might
have controlling objections. And raspbian would likely ignore it.
Never hurts to ask though.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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