Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:14 AM Alexander Dalloz proposed resolving an upcoming conundrum... Before I dig into this, a quiet salute to Alexander for once more stepping up and taking the lead. :-) > Two nights ahead of the official release of Fedora Core 2 I > would like to initiate a discussion about the question, > whether and if yes, how the running release information > should be a default information in list postings which do not > cover just general questions. Never assume any given user will be able to discern general from FC version specific behavior. This should be standard information on every post. > I think for some time we will see users still running FC1 a > lot will soon upgrade. I'll probably rebuild the linux side of my personal workstation as soon as I have the time, but I also have several FC1 machines in production roles. I won't be upgrading (read that rebuilding) them without some over-riding reason (like FC1 reaching EOL). > But often you can never be certain > which stable release someone is using, unless he gives that > information or you can conclude that from a specific package > version or such information. So: > > - Should posters (nearly) always start their postings with a > preface, stating whether it is Fedora Core 1 or Fedora Core 2? Always, as stated above. Also, body content can be lost in replies, how about 'FC1:' and 'FC2:' subject line prefixes? > - Should that be a guideline whether the poster with a > question or problem knows if the question / problem is > release specific or whether he does not know? Again, assumes any given user can discern that. Better to make it standard info. > - Should the standard information maybe come from: "cat > /etc/fedora-release"? -> Fedora Core release 1 (Yarrow) > Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Sounds good if we can get new users to do it. How about kernel version and arch info as well? Eric Diamond eDiamond Networking & Security eric <at> ediamond [dot] net
