Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-22 Thread Mulyadi Santosa
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 17:42, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote: So I guess document is ready to be used/uploaded to kerrnelnewbie site if there are no more points/suggestions or criticism. You have my support... the document looks good! -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-21 Thread sanjeev sharma
Hi all, It's been gud initiative by you but there should be some more point need to add like there should be general question need to be ask and before asking any question Subject and Question should be well formatted and understandable very well by anyone and also it should be well defined

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-20 Thread Bond
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 1:14 AM, John Mahoney jmaho...@waav.com wrote: Bond I think you are a prime example of someone who walks the line between asking legit questions and asking dubious questions. I think your intentions are good and you really are trying to learn, but you ask far too many

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-20 Thread Venkatram Tummala
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 1:14 AM, John Mahoney jmaho...@waav.com wrote: Bond I think you are a prime example of someone who walks the line between asking legit questions and asking dubious questions. I think your

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-20 Thread John Mahoney
On Saturday, November 20, 2010, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 1:14 AM, John Mahoney jmaho...@waav.com wrote: Bond I think you are a prime example of someone who walks the line between asking legit questions and asking dubious questions.  I think your intentions

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-20 Thread Bond
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 2:23 PM, John Mahoney jmaho...@waav.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Mahoney jmaho...@waav.com wrote: Just remember, most people here are doing this for free, so be polite and make sure your not asking obvious questions. Ok  I personally feel your

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-20 Thread John Mahoney
On Saturday, November 20, 2010, Venkatram Tummala venkatram...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 1:14 AM, John Mahoney jmaho...@waav.com wrote: Bond I think you are a prime example of someone who walks the line

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-20 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Alison Chaiken alchai...@gmail.com wrote: Anuz, I think your document is right on-target.    I would just add, Don't ask for help with basic C programming.    Yes, there are lots of idioms

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-20 Thread Mulyadi Santosa
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 00:04, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, Lately there have been a lot of discussions on community guidelines, and general do and don't of kernel newbies mailing list. So I thought let me compile a document, which can be used as a general

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-20 Thread Michael Blizek
Hi! On 02:43 Sat 20 Nov , Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... admittedly, i haven't even got around to reading the proposed doc yet, but what i think would be useful is a very short, very non-negotiable list of rules for posting. detailed docs are fine but what would be handy is a brief list

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-20 Thread Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Michael Blizek mic...@michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com wrote: Hi! On 02:43 Sat 20 Nov , Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... admittedly, i haven't even got around to reading the proposed doc yet, but what i think would be useful is a very short, very

[OOT - Might be offensive] Re: Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-20 Thread Mulyadi Santosa
Hi.. On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 18:41, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote: While this list has been easy going and fun for most of the time. For last couple of months, I am observing the repetition  of  basic questions, a lot of argument and redirections and going off-topic

guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
Hi guys, Lately there have been a lot of discussions on community guidelines, and general do and don't of kernel newbies mailing list. So I thought let me compile a document, which can be used as a general guidelines for kernel newbies, and it _may_ act as a do and don't document. The document has

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread Alison Chaiken
Anuz, I think your document is right on-target.I would just add, Don't ask for help with basic C programming.Yes, there are lots of idioms in the kernel that are not found elsewhere in C, and asking about those is on-topic, but questioners should not (intentionally) ask questions that will

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread Bond
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Alison Chaiken alchai...@gmail.com wrote: Anuz, I think your document is right on-target.    I would just add, Don't ask for help with basic C programming.    Yes, there are lots of idioms in the kernel that are not found elsewhere in C, and asking about those

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread John Mahoney
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Alison Chaiken alchai...@gmail.com wrote: Anuz, I think your document is right on-target.    I would just add, Don't ask for help with basic C programming.    Yes, there are lots of idioms

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread Srdjan Todorovic
On 19 November 2010 19:12, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Alison Chaiken alchai...@gmail.com wrote: Anuz, I think your document is right on-target.    I would just add, Don't ask for help with basic C programming.    Yes, there are lots of idioms in the

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread Carlo Caione
On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:44 PM, John Mahoney wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Alison Chaiken alchai...@gmail.com wrote: Anuz, I think your document is right on-target.I would just add, Don't ask for help with

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Srdjan Todorovic todorovi...@googlemail.com wrote: On 19 November 2010 19:12, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Alison Chaiken alchai...@gmail.com wrote: Anuz, I think your document is right on-target.I would just

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread Rik van Riel
On 11/19/2010 12:04 PM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar wrote: I am including Rik in the loop, since he is the one who can really implement any of this. Well, the only ones who can implement this are all of us. After all, we are a community... The proposal looks useful to me. Once you guys agree on

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread julie Sullivan
Anuz, I think the document is very good; informative and concise enough that people will take the trouble to read it, too. On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Alison Chaiken alchai...@gmail.com wrote: Anuz, I think your document is right on-target.I would just add, Don't ask for help with

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Rik van Riel r...@nl.linux.org wrote: On 11/19/2010 12:04 PM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar wrote: I am including Rik in the loop, since he is the one who can really implement any of this. Well, the only ones who can implement this are all of us. After all, we

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread Michael Blizek
Hi! On 17:04 Fri 19 Nov , Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar wrote: Hi guys, Lately there have been a lot of discussions on community guidelines, and general do and don't of kernel newbies mailing list. So I thought let me compile a document, which can be used as a general guidelines for kernel

Re: guidelines, faqs and dos and don'ts document

2010-11-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 20 Nov 2010, Michael Blizek wrote: Hi! On 17:04 Fri 19 Nov , Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar wrote: Hi guys, Lately there have been a lot of discussions on community guidelines, and general do and don't of kernel newbies mailing list. So I thought let me compile a document, which can