[ogb-discuss] [osol-discuss] This is not a Solaris helpdesk

[Alan Burlison]

Brandorr wrote:

> I feel that even if we came to a consensus on this, it would be
> difficult, if not impossible, to enforce.

Why?  We are supposed to be a community, what is stopping us from acting 
like one?  The will of the people and all that...

> What about a low traffic opensolaris-announce mailing list, as an
> alternative for those times when you need to get a hold of the entire
> OSOL community? (There is a strong precedence for this in the Open
> Source community.)

You mean like this?

http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-announce
http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=76

That has a useful purpose, but I still think we need a forum for general 
community chit-chat that isn't swamped by install questions - all we 
need do is redirect traffic appropriately to the places that already exist.

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Alan Burlison
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