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On Tuesday 07 September 2010, Al wrote: |
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> > Al, |
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> > Do everyone a favor. Go use Gmane and tell us what exactly |
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> > you'd be able to do that Gmane does not already do. |
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> > It's archived, search-able (via keywords) and many, many |
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> > other very cool features. |
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> I do you favour and confirm that it is a very cool web interface to |
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> newsgroups. It is especially usefull if you have to switch between |
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> machines. It is good that they mirror the gentoo mailing lists and |
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> give them an archive. As long as you work from the same desktop a |
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> classical newsreader seems still more comfortable to me. |
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> However, my concern was why the Gentoo community doesn't make use of |
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> those cool features and officially only advertises and keeps a mailing |
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> list, that has no history itself for example and how this approach |
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> influences and limits the culture of communication. |
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> Al |
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wow, do you get paid for posting so much crap? |
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'Cool features'... 'no history', 'limits the culture of communication'. |
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No, no and no. |
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Wrong on all three. The mailing lists exist since the first days of gentoo. |
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Almost all questions asked can be answered by a quick look into the archives. |
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For some reason most people don't use archives. |
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And the fucking same is true with news. The only 'advantage' of news are: |
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more work for some poor sod responsible to keep the crap running. |
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