FreeBSD-newbies is a community.

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Friday, 19 March 2004 at 11:00:19 -0500, Ash Gokhale wrote:
> 	Asbestos underwear aside, FreeBSD is a community that is expanding
> 	at all the tiers, from n00b ,operator,admin,  developer and finally to "I
> write interrupt level microcode for God's machine herself, how dare you
> ask that question on this list, this is clearly a ports problem,
> uggh!".  The best part of the list it is that it belongs to the people
> who use it moderately and politely.
>
> 	Appropriating the newbie list for a wider range of questions gives
> people a chance to play with ideas they would not ordinarily be exposed
> to. People who come to FreeBSD from another unix should appreciate this
> variety. Real brand new unix/BSD mephits will appreciate good humor and
> courtesy.

Well, this may be your opinion, and you're welcome to it, but it goes
against the charter.

> 	I would hate to bug -hackers, or -questions with an OpenSSL
> upgrade question.

But that's exactly what -questions is for.  -newbies is not.

> 	That said, our successful community will not scold people who
> don't know where to get the information they seek. We will instead
> try to help, and buy suggesting different approaches, give everyone
> learns something different.

The best way to help is to stick to the charter.  A number of people
have explained why it's there.

Greg
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