From: Alain <mi...@as...> - 2006-05-01 18:11:12
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------------------------------------------ From/De [Keith Marshall] On/Le [2006/05/01 13:53] ------------------------------------------ > On Monday 01 May 2006 11:58 am, Earnie Boyd wrote: >> Quoting "SourceForge.net" <no...@so...>: >>> Source path? (/usr/src/libiconv-1.9.2) >> Does path /usr/src exist? Try ``mkdir /usr/src'' and try again. > > I'm not a great fan of this automatic forwarding of forum posts to the > mailing list; too often responders do not reply to the appropriate forum, > thus wasting their own time, because the OP doesn't see the reply. > > I've gone along with it so far, because of Earnie's enthusiasm for the > idea. However, as this posting shows, even Earnie gets it wrong > sometimes; his response above wasn't directed to the forum where the > original question was posed. > > What do the rest of you think? Let's have a straw poll of opinion on > continuing the practice of automated cross posting from the fora. Like you, I find the forum posts to be a nuisance: 1/ forum posts are often confusing as they seldom quote the original question or relevant sections of a thread; 2/ bi-directional cross posting is the key to make it an interesting feature, since that does not seem to be an option, I'd rather not have any cross posting. It'd be great with bi-directionality. But I'm only a recent onlooker and will be happy to go along with the guys who do the real work on the list. Best regards, Alain. |