Hi,

10 juin 2020 à 20:51 de mst...@debian.org:

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 12:02:13PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
>
>> Both l0f4r0 and I have asked why the OP
>> is zeroing the drive, but no reply yet. Perhaps you can suggest an
>> answer.
>>
> I don't really care why the OP is doing it. I can think of several 
> possibilities, but I don't see any need to argue with him over it. At some 
> point it's reasonable to simply accept that someone is trying to do something 
> and either help or not.
>
It's the usual dilemma on mailing-lists/forums:
* Are the respondents supposed to answer the  OP question directly without 
hindsight (potential XY problem sometimes - http://xyproblem.info/)?
* Or are they expected to put the issue into perspective and challenge it? I 
know it can be frustrating because this is not always the answer we as OP want 
to read but it can be really instructive as we understand we were on a wrong 
track.

I'm still divided on this subject, maybe we need both depending on the 
context/OP...

Best regards,
l0f4r0

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