George N. White III wrote: > Fedora provides: > > NAME > fpaste - A cli frontend for the > paste.fedoraproject.org pastebin > > SYNOPSIS > fpaste [OPTION]... [FILE]... > > DESCRIPTION > It is often useful to be able to easily paste > text to the Fedora Pastebin at > http://paste.fedoraproject.org and this simple > utility will do that and return the resulting URL > so that people may examine the output. This can > hopefully help folks who are for some reason stuck > without a graphical interface, working remotely, or > any other reason they may be unable to paste > something into the pastebin using a web browser.
Those pastes expire after 24 hours -- at most. Anyone who doesn't read the thread within that time won't be able to see the context. I consider that a strong reason to avoid it for mailing list posts. I think trimming what's sent is preferable. To me, one of the great values of a mailing list is the ability for others to read and learn from it later. If we treat it as a transient support tool, we're losing that value. It's much more fulfilling to contribute to the list when it's got the possibility to benefit others well after the initial post. If all we're doing is providing free, one-time support, it is harder to justify the time (IMHO). I'm happy if I can help others as I've learned a lot from folks who know more than I ever will. I would just like the effort spent here to be of value beyond the immediate exchange. -- Todd
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