Inspired by AG Projects' Adrian Georgescu's post of Eric S. Raymond's classic "How to Ask Questions the Smart Way" to the OpenSIPS-users mailing list[1], I'm going to repost it here: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html As Adrian said, "This a good read for those who show up on mailing lists without any guidance about how to ask the right questions and then complain that nobody answers their questions as they want." I think there's never a wrong time and a wrong place on a public high-volume mailing list for all the participants to take a moment and meditate on this issue a little bit. [1] http://www.openser.org/pipermail/users/2009-July/006873.html -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671
A useful guide; Sadly many posters won't read any of it. We have all kinds here, but the overall experience can be quite good and useful if you apply patience and principles. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Alex Balashov Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:19 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] How to ask questions the smart way Inspired by AG Projects' Adrian Georgescu's post of Eric S. Raymond's classic "How to Ask Questions the Smart Way" to the OpenSIPS-users mailing list[1], I'm going to repost it here: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html As Adrian said, "This a good read for those who show up on mailing lists without any guidance about how to ask the right questions and then complain that nobody answers their questions as they want." I think there's never a wrong time and a wrong place on a public high-volume mailing list for all the participants to take a moment and meditate on this issue a little bit. [1] http://www.openser.org/pipermail/users/2009-July/006873.html -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Always a great read....thanks. PaulH Alex Balashov wrote:> Inspired by AG Projects' Adrian Georgescu's post of Eric S. Raymond's > classic "How to Ask Questions the Smart Way" to the OpenSIPS-users > mailing list[1], I'm going to repost it here: > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > As Adrian said, "This a good read for those who show up on mailing lists > without any guidance about how to ask the right questions and then > complain that nobody answers their questions as they want." > > I think there's never a wrong time and a wrong place on a public > high-volume mailing list for all the participants to take a moment and > meditate on this issue a little bit. > > [1] http://www.openser.org/pipermail/users/2009-July/006873.html > >