On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 02:45:31AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/2/25 1:35 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > OK to point out that a question touches a non-Debian distribution, and > > to refer people to other channels when things become too (non-Debian) > > specific, one of the strengths of Debian is its wide scope. Raising > > fences sometimes does more damage than good. > > > > Just some point to mull about. > > > > Cheers > > > Agreed. > Consider, is the question raised actually a "Linux question"? > Those must be considered "on topic". This would be too broad, IMO. Don't forget that Debian is a volunteer organisation, its infrastructure running off donations. Would you find it OK to (ab) use that infrastructure to provide support for users of highly commercial endeavours, just because their (well resourced!) overlords skimp on that? (Examples: Amazon, Ubuntu, Oracle, diverse Androids)? So I think it's OK to be also able to say "stop: this is an Oracle Linux question. Please go to their channels). It's only the "strict" part I'm not friends with. Cheers -- t
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