How would you improve FreeBSD?

[Bart Silverstrim]

On Feb 17, 2006, at 8:23 AM, Kristian Vaaf wrote:

> At 13:11 17.02.2006, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>
>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kristian 
>> Vaaf
>> >Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:06 AM
>> >To: questions at freebsd.org
>> >Subject: How would you improve FreeBSD?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Hello.
>> >
>> >Yes, how would you improve FreeBSD?
>> >
>>
>> I would start by making a rule that anyone asking how would you
>> improve FreeBSD on the mailing list be sentenced to write:
>>
>> "I will not post silly questions to the mailing list that are 
>> answered on
>> the website"
>>
>> several hundred times.  See:
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>>
>> >I am trying to paint a gloomy picture of where FreeBSD is headed.
>> >
>> >Therefore I am asking all of you to share your thoughts and ideas of 
>> how
>> >you would like to see FreeBSD improve. Chances are that's where our
>> >operating system is headed.
>> >
>> >1. Would you restructure FreeBSD somehow?
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>>
>> >2. What features would you add?
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>>
>> >3. What features would you remove?
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>>
>> >4. What features would you simplify?
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>>
>> >5. What features would you further develop?
>> >
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>>
>> >If I've left out some questions that you feel would contribute to the
>> >future well being of FreeBSD, don't hesitate to comment!
>> >
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>> http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/
>> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> Ted
>
> No need to be so FUCKING arrogant.

First, please tone down the language.  He didn't swear at you.  Don't 
escalate it.

Second, while Ted doesn't get the Medal of Subtlety award, he is a 
regular poster on the mailing list and does offer help to a number of 
people much of the time.  Sure, he's crotchety and curmudgeonly at 
times, but after being on these lists long enough he probably gets 
tired of seeing the same recycled questions and the same types of 
issues crop up over and over that are clearly written out in other 
resources if someone managed to open a browser and google with a couple 
keywords before belching out a quick email to a few thousand human list 
members to once again answer a question that has been covered in FAQs 
and handbooks.

I don't think it's been actively advertised that ideas are submitted 
through the website, though, Ted...you could have at least tried for a 
little more guidance and less ridicule on this one :-)

If there's a particular aspect you'd want to ask about, you could 
probably take that approach, or ask about something in ideas.  Until a 
listmom pokes in to tell you it should be in a discussion group, not 
questions group.

Just my two cents.  Not that it counts for anything.