On Thursday 11 August 2005 01:52, Jesse wrote:
> Folks. I thought this was a CentOS list not a Bind list... This list is
> getting out of hand lately.
You know, in a way I agree with this sentiment.
However, at the same time I also see that discussing the CentOS distribution
of bind is not a big deal for this list.
As to the idea that, if people want to talk about BIND they should go to a
BIND list, I would pose this question: are people to have to subscribe to a
couple of thousand mailing lists, each of which talks about a specific
component distributed with CentOS, and really flood their inboxes, or should
we be patient with a couple of dozen component-specific threads in this list,
which is likely to be friendlier to CentOS-related questions on that
component? What is wrong with being patient, and courteous?
Yes, if a thread goes too far, then perhaps it and its participants should
discuss on a more specific mailing list, or privately. But in my opinion at
least this BIND thread hasn't gotten that far, and, for that matter, would
probably not be on-topic for any of the BIND lists either.
But what is CentOS but a distribution of component packages? If we can't
discuss issues with the components, what use is the list? Discussing the
vagaries of the way bootable ISO's and yum repositories work? Discussing the
very specific patches and mods made by Red Hat upstream of the CentOS build
process (but that would be more appropriate to nahant-list or taroon-list,
right?)? What IS on-topic for the list, then?
In my opinion, it is nice to have a relatively small, CentOS-friendly
community with which to discuss component issues; many of the upstream
packages' lists would be much less friendly (LKML anyone?).
And the fact of the matter is, this list is pretty low traffic.
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