On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Alan Burlison wrote:
They post because it is the first mailing list we refer to on the site that
looks even vaguely appropriate. That's our fault, not theirs, and I'm going
to attempt to improve the situation. It may be a chicken-and-egg situation,
but hiding our heads
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Alan Burlison wrote:
Garrett D'Amore wrote:
Btw, on the topic of this page, newbies might not be the best name for
this page. newbie or NOOB is often perceived as a derogatory
term... I don't want us to be perceived as elitest...
I don't personally feel it is
Alan Burlison wrote:
It appears to me that opensolaris-discuss is becoming more and more
dominated with Solaris installation questions, and the OpenSolaris
content is becoming lost in the noise. Whilst it is very nice that
people are being so helpful, it would seem to me that we should
Martin Man wrote:
Every question asked on -discuss means The problem solution is not
obvious, I was not able to figure out better place to ask and I have not
found the answer with the google
No, not necessarily. I'd maintain it means I'm stuck and I posted to
the first mailing list that I
Alan Burlison wrote:
Martin Man wrote:
P.S. just BTW: what do you mean by OpenSolaris Content, isn't
installation an opensolaris issue numero uno (#1)?
General community discussion - proposals for new projects, suggestions
for things we should address as a community etc. Most
Brandorr wrote:
We already have the first, we aren't creating any new lists and nobody
is hiding anything. All I am doing is making it easier for people to
find the existing forum for help. What exactly is the problem with that?
I hate to say it, but the FAQs are not FAQs. We aren't
Valerie Bubb Fenwick wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Alan Burlison wrote:
I disagree, I suspect many people have unsubscribed because of the
unacceptable S/N ratio, and as a result we no longer have any good way
You can count me in that bunch. I know I'm missing important
Brandorr wrote:
I think that I partly disagree with that. Project proposals go in
requisite community groups.
And if there isn't one, or people don't know which one is appropriate?
Fair enough, but I still think no matter what we do, Newbies will
continue to post to osol-discuss. RTFM, is
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 06:52:30PM +0100, Alan Burlison wrote:
It appears to me that opensolaris-discuss is becoming more and more
dominated with Solaris installation questions, and the OpenSolaris
content is becoming lost in the noise. Whilst it is very nice that
people are being so
Keith M Wesolowski wrote:
I agree; this is why we set up opensolaris-help. But even there,
questions should be about getting up and running (or up and
developing) with an OpenSolaris-based distribution, not S10 or
anything else. And specific questions like How can I get my e1000g
NIC to
On 8/15/07, Alan Burlison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
I think it's a bit too late, just go with the flow and leave -discuss
alone. Lobbies are always crowded and noisy, and those arriving in Hotel
Solaris need to feel welcome in order to want to say. Who cares what
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Alan Burlison wrote:
Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
I think it's a bit too late, just go with the flow and leave -discuss
alone. Lobbies are always crowded and noisy, and those arriving in Hotel
Solaris need to feel welcome in order to want to say. Who cares what
version of
Alan Burlison wrote:
Alan Burlison wrote:
OK, here's a first stab, not currently linked to from anywhere else on
the site.
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/newbies/
Updated with Brian's list of links.
Is it ok to mention this on blogs yet, or should
I/we/... wait until it's solidified a
On 8/16/07, Alan Burlison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan Burlison wrote:
OK, here's a first stab, not currently linked to from anywhere else on
the site.
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/newbies/
May I suggest a small note at the subscribe page for
opensolaris-discuss saying, if you need
James,
Alan Burlison wrote:
Alan Burlison wrote:
OK, here's a first stab, not currently linked to from anywhere else
on the site.
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/newbies/
Updated with Brian's list of links.
Is it ok to mention this on blogs yet, or should
I/we/... wait until it's
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 19:31 +0100, Alan Burlison wrote:
Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
I think it's a bit too late, just go with the flow and leave -discuss
alone. Lobbies are always crowded and noisy, and those arriving in Hotel
Solaris need to feel welcome in order to want to say. Who
Sean Sprague wrote:
James,
Alan Burlison wrote:
Alan Burlison wrote:
OK, here's a first stab, not currently linked to from anywhere else
on the site.
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/newbies/
Updated with Brian's list of links.
Is it ok to mention this on blogs yet, or should
I/we/...
Sean Sprague wrote:
James,
Alan Burlison wrote:
Alan Burlison wrote:
OK, here's a first stab, not currently linked to from anywhere else
on the site.
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/newbies/
Updated with Brian's list of links.
Is it ok to mention this on blogs yet, or should
I/we/...
Alan,
Sean Sprague wrote:
James,
Alan Burlison wrote:
Alan Burlison wrote:
OK, here's a first stab, not currently linked to from anywhere else
on the site.
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/newbies/
Updated with Brian's list of links.
Is it ok to mention this on blogs yet, or should
I forgot a few appropriate lists::
Usenet Solaris forum:
- http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.solaris/topics
Sun Managers for people who manage Sun Workstations and Servers:
- http://www.sunmanagers.org/
Solaris-Users mailing list is part of the Solaris Users Group in
Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
James C. McPherson wrote:
Is it ok to mention this on blogs yet, or should
I/we/... wait until it's solidified a bit more?
I'm gonna add links to it in some places that people have suggested, but
as it's pretty late here that won't be today. Once I'm done I'll send
mail to os-discuss,
people tend to subscribe to the mailing list that is the most visible
and close to what they need, the most visible list at osol.org is
osol-discuss. that is why people ask there instead of osol-help.
i think people asking things about solaris 10 here is a problem but i
actually expected that. i
Sean Sprague wrote:
OGB official signoff, and proper integration into the site I guess... Or
is the former bureaucracy-heavy?
I'm just going to go ahead and do it, unless persuaded otherwise ;-)
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Alan Burlison
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Sean Sprague wrote:
Agreed, of course; but if this change becomes fundamental to how people
approach/adopt OpenSolaris, then it might at least be a bit friendly to
at least have a one-liner on the page to tell potential adopters that
they should read the Terms of Use carefully. Dunno.
It
Garrett D'Amore wrote:
Btw, on the topic of this page, newbies might not be the best name for
this page. newbie or NOOB is often perceived as a derogatory
term... I don't want us to be perceived as elitest...
I don't personally feel it is derogatory, but please feel free to
suggest a PC
Ignacio Marambio Catán wrote:
people tend to subscribe to the mailing list that is the most visible
and close to what they need, the most visible list at osol.org is
osol-discuss. that is why people ask there instead of osol-help.
opensolaris-discuss also has 3 times the membership of
Ignacio Marambio Catán wrote:
people tend to subscribe to the mailing list that is the most visible
and close to what they need, the most visible list at osol.org is
osol-discuss. that is why people ask there instead of osol-help.
i think people asking things about solaris 10 here is a
Alan,
Garrett D'Amore wrote:
Btw, on the topic of this page, newbies might not be the best name for
this page. newbie or NOOB is often perceived as a derogatory
term... I don't want us to be perceived as elitest...
I don't personally feel it is derogatory, but please feel free to
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