Agreed. That's been part of my frustration with the flame wars breaking
out here. The fact that this list is far BETTER than most lists I've
been on. So I think the bar is raised a little higher here, personally.
The last few days aren't normal, unless I'm ignoring large flame wars
that have taken place in the past. Either way, I wouldn't let it
discourage you, Tom. Most people here will answer your questions
respectfully and politely. Johnny and company do a great job putting
together this distribution. Like I said, it's a distro I'd pay for (and
I *will* put my money where my mouth is when I get the chance).
Preston
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:24 -0400, William Warren wrote:
> 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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