Re: FAQ diff -u [was: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20251101)]

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> 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 

  thanks Andy, i think the word "strictly" is too harsh and would
rather see "discouraged" or even "strongly discouraged"...

  personally, i have no problem just skipping over things i see
as OT or when i simply just do not have the time to reply (which
is quite often true for me this time of the year anyways).


  songbird