Re: FAQ diff -u [was: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20251101)]
On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 5:36 AM <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:
>
> > > 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.
> > >
> > 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).
++.
Otherwise, we have to endure messages like "Help with my question,
please" (September 2025),
<https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2025/09/msg00530.html>. The
post is trying to figure out a password for a Raspberry Pi device.
> It's only the "strict" part I'm not friends with.
Jeff
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