FreeBSD-newbies is a community.

[Ash Gokhale]

	Asbestos underwear aside, FreeBSD is a community that is expanding at 
all the tiers, from n00b ,operator,admin,  developer and finally to "I 
write interrupt level microcode for God's machine herself, how dare you 
ask that question on this list, this is clearly a ports problem, 
uggh!".  The best part of the list it is that it belongs to the people 
who use it moderately and politely.

	Appropriating the newbie list for a wider range of questions gives 
people a chance to play with ideas they would not ordinarily be exposed 
to. People who come to FreeBSD from another unix should appreciate this 
variety. Real brand new unix/BSD mephits will appreciate good humor and 
courtesy.

	I would hate to bug -hackers, or -questions with an OpenSSL upgrade 
question. And if you have ever read lists from that other "Highly 
Secure" free BSD that starts with an "O" which originates the said 
library; You might envision a truly frightened new user. This a great 
question for this list, we are all newbies. ( excluding people who are 
busy writing the Kernel )

	That said, our successful community will not scold people who don't 
know where to get the information they seek. We will instead try to 
help, and buy suggesting different approaches, give everyone learns 
something different.


btw: I would not build _my_ crypto framework from ports. *wink


from walden two,
Ash.Gokhale at noaa.gov
System Administration Lead,
NOAA/MDL