On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Karanbir Singh mail-lists@karan.org wrote:
I think it is generally a good thing when the bulk of the conversation here is ranting about mostly irrelevant opinions. That is, instead
yes, lots of irrelevant conversation on the list - and it comes from a handful of users. Its irrelevant, take it to an irrelevant venue.
of 'Why doesn't this work"', or 'How do I fix this problem" that you would have if there were something fundamentally wrong with the disto.
By assuming that the mailing list is a bug reporting venue, you miss the entire point of what a community might be.
Agreed, but second-guessing other people's opinions and moderating what they can say is pretty shaky ground too... I'm just saying that's what happens when there aren't bugs to report and generic 'how to' questions tend to be met with a 'go google it yourself' response.
It would sort of nice if there were a way to sort pure-technical stuff from 'slightly-related' and 'way-off-topic' postings so actual conversations could run their course without mangling the list's purpose. But I don't have any idea how to manage that...