On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > On 12/01/10 18:11, Alan Bartlett wrote: >> I have, in my own way, suggested that users requiring information of >> this nature should ask their pertinent questions on this m/l. It >> seems, however, that some people are not happy to use this list. > > humm wonder why that is. It's not just "this list" more general. :) Just like there are people (like yourself) who do not like the forum interface, there *are* people who do not like mailing lists. The fact CentOS provides both venues is blessing. To attest what Alan said, I want to add my observations as well. At times, there are questions that cannot be answered by any of the helpers in the forums such as those that only CentOS devs/core admins can answer. Also, the mailing lists are supposed to have "thousands of experts" ( quoting your own words; I have yet to see all those thousands speak up on the lists ;-P ). Anyway, I do ask forum posters to use the mailing list when that is the only option to get responses. In most cases, they don't bother. If the subject is important or something that comes up often, I then do a middle man just like Alan has done. Akemi