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