Adam Bower abower@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
Sorry about that but the original post you quoted used the word "rules" once
OK, maybe I should have edited the subject line.
[...] Anyhow I don't see many of these boring arguments on the Alug list at the moment so there is no need to worry about them.
There has only been one that I remember. It was just an attempt to hit them back first.
[...] I think we want to be able to expand our horizons to more than just GNU/Linux. Anyhow what about Mac OS X? parts of it are GNU....
The GNU parts of it, fine. Intricate details of Carbon? Not on main.
gcc on solaris? Erm, probably OK. Sun cc on Solaris? Go ask elsewhere.
Another unix-like free OS? Fine. QNX? Hey, don't you pay them for support?
See where I'm going?
[...]
yes encourage, but sometimes people don't have the power to get things changed =( anyhow the FAQ already says about 4 line sigs etc.
Then they either have the power to use an external non-brain-damaged email system, or they don't have the power to join the list either.
My Opinions Only.
MJR