Re: FAQ diff -u [was: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20251101)]
On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 11:36:26AM +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 02:45:31AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 11/2/25 1:35 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
>
> 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.
>
OK - I'll revise it to "Strictly, discussion of non-Debian-distributions
is off-topic on Debian-user"
It's better if we don't get thirty five questions a month about
[Debian-derivative] XYZ and can say "Go and look on their forums
(which can be found here) and if they don't have any support, please
feel free to come back to Debian and show us the problem on Debian"
We shouldn't have to be the last resort for other distribution users
who don't necessarily read past "Debian" in "Debian-derived" :)
All the very best, as ever,
Andy
> Cheers
> --
> t
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