scripsit Monique Y. Herman: > A lot of times, people post very app-specific questions to, say, this > debian-user list. I've done this myself. Perhaps no one on this list > has the expertise required. If you have a question about mutt (that > doesn't involve installation through apt), you're probably best off > asking on the mutt mailing list. If you have a question about vim ... > etc.
OTOH, there is a great pool of knowledge here, and many people are not able to follow the mailing list for every app they use. If it's a very technical question (e.g., trying to track down why gimp segfaults when you do a particular action) it's obviously more appropriate for the app's list. If it's more general, and you don't know whether it might be Debian-specific (e.g., an app just stopped working after I dist-upgraded a testing box) this is a pretty good resource to exhaust first before going to the app people. -- Pax vobiscum; pax cum omnibus. . Thanasis Kinias tkinias at asu.edu Doctoral Student, Department of History Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]