Time to shut down this list?

[Freek Nossin]

And what about the questions that DO belong here? The -questions list
already has a lot of typical topics that come up every so often (and that
probably belong here). When this list closes down - of which the content is
intended to be the type of questions that are asked very often - the number
of real "technical" questions in the -questions list will likely be pushed
to the background by newbie questions (where do I download the FreeBSD
cd's...). 


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Greg 'groggy' Lehey
Sent: donderdag 23 december 2004 7:38
To: FreeBSD-newbies at FreeBSD.org
Cc: Sue Blake; FreeBSD Core Team
Subject: Time to shut down this list?

Most (all?) of the traffic on -newbies lately has been of technical
nature.  That's not surprising, but there are a number of reasons why
it's not a good idea:

1.  It's not the original charter of the mailing list.  For reference:

      This list is a gathering place for people new to FreeBSD.
      Please feel free to share your experiences with others on this
      list.

      Support questions should be sent to
      freebsd-questions at freebsd.org.  Technical questions should be
      sent to freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org.  (NOT to the newbies list
      please)

      Full info and FAK http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/

      Please read the info and FAK. They contain important information
      regarding the purpose and use of this mailing list.

2.  There's already a mailing list for technical questions, as
    mentioned above: FreeBSD-questions at FreeBSD.org.

3.  Most of the experienced people on the FreeBSD-questions list don't
    read -newbies.  If they do, they've been told not to answer
    technical questions there.

The result: ask a question on -newbies and you're less likely to get
an answer.  If you do get an answer, it's less likely to be correct.
In either case, people on the -questions mailing list are not going to
see the answer, so even if the answer is correct, it's of less use to
the community at large.

I'd suggest that we slowly disband this list (over a period of, say,
two weeks).  There are plenty of other FreeBSD mailing lists, and it's
up to you to join them.  If you're interested in technical issues,
-questions is the obvious one to join.

Comments?
Greg
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