8 Oct
2004
8 Oct
'04
15:35
I saw an interesting post on the Debian Users
list - a note to the list-etiquette-howto by Bruce Perens, et al. I did go and read it. Perhaps SUSE should include a link to it from their list-subscription page. :) If nothing else, it certainly represents the sentiments of some on these lists.
I originally wrote "Jeff's Rules" to provide guidance for some smaller lists that didn't have any rules posted. These days most sites either post their own etiquette guidelines or post links like you suggest. Some send them to you in the confirmation e-mail. I think these are all helpful ways of reducing the friction that's inevitable on a list like this. Later... Jeff