That's bad to hear. I use CentOS here. I just filter out the noise.
All mailing lists have issues from time to time. I have yet to not have
a question answered in a nice manner personally.
Tom Cat wrote:
> This is my first post. This also will be my last.
>
> I really must have picked the wrong time to join this list. I joined
> b/c I was thinking of switching to CentOS at home. We have RHEL at
> work and it is great, I just can't afford the cost for home.
>
> I first went to Whitebox, but that seems to be plagued by slow updates
> and a dependency on one person. Then the seriously broken mailing
> list removal system happened and the list was flooded with unsubscribe
> requests - this was all before the hurricane hit. Most everyone on
> that list claimed they were moving to CentOS. So I thought I'd check
> into it.
>
> What I encountered here is just horrible. I've only seen about a
> day's worth of posts, but it is one of the worst flame wars I've ever
> seen. I'm of course not going use CentOS either. With a list like
> this there will never be any support if I run into a problem. If
> CentOS is still around in a year or two and I still have found a good
> distro, I'll check and see if anything has improved.
>
> I'd suggest you take Mr. Knaddison's advice below. #2 seems like the
> best plan as there will be a forum moderator who can lock threads and
> delete posts. At worst a flame will only be visible until the
> moderator gets around to delete it.
>
> Good Bye.
>
>
> On 9/15/05, Greg Knaddison <greg.knaddison@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Possible solutions that require zero involvement from the already busy
>>project team:
>>
>>1. Use your email client to better manage the flow and turn it into a trickle
>>2. Use the forums on your time rather than having it emailed in and
>>disrupting your life http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb
>>3. Subscribe to the list using an account that you use specifically
>>for the list (I'll send gmail invites to anyone interested) and only
>>read that account when you want...otherwise, ignore it
>>4. Unsubscribe
>>
>>You can combine 2 and 4 for maximum effect.
>>
>>Given those options, why does the project team need to get involved?
>>
>>Greg
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