On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 22:50 -0600, Charles Howse wrote:
I don't mean to step on any toes, just want to start some discussion. Does anyone else have any thoughts on why questions don't get the respectful treatment they deserve?
1 - this is a voluntary list and thus responders offer their time without compensation. No answers are to be expected at all.
Then what is the purpose of the list? The title of the subscribe page says, "For users of Fedora Core releases." It doesn't say not to expect any answers.
---- that's the purpose - but there is absolutely no reason to expect answers since the answers can only come from volunteers on their own time. If you want a supported Linux where you can expect to get answers to your questions, RHEL is for you. ----
2 - if you can concisely describe the problem, you are more likely to get an answer. You are verbose which will always diminish the likelihood of an answer.
I can't think of a concise way to reply to that. ;-) Perhaps I am too wordy...but...isn't it better to list everything I've tried that didn't work, rather than just say, "Why isn't <this> working?"
---- A post that has too much information will likely get passed over - that's a fact. If you want an answer to your question, state your question as succinctly as possible. If you want sympathy for your confusion, post in volume.
Craig