> From: "Kam Leo" <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> > >> On 12/28/05, Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 19:58 -0800, Charles Heselton wrote: >>> >>>>> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Howse >>> >>> >>>> *Most* people answer, if they know. Or >>>> point if they can. What I've found, is that at least 2 out of 3 >>>> times, when I go to google someone's problem, the answer is usually >>>> in the top 10 links found. For people that are particularly active >>>> on lists, this can be frustrating. >>> >>> yes. This is very true. And bear in mind that perhaps as much/as less as >>> 50% of people in this list actually do take the time to solve the issues >>> for you. They're not support staff but they do it out of wanting to >>> help. >>> >>> The manner in this the question is asked is also pertinent to getting >>> some answers. eg: They would have liked for the OP to at least have >>> researched the question by themselves (no spoon feed) with a min of >>> google (though of course the sequence/choice of search parameters will >>> make/break the query) and perhaps some archive searching. (eg: like me, >>> I have like 2 years worth of List archive which I consult before >>> shooting an email to the list. That and the fact that I don't have I-net >>> access at work, (only email ), so I make that clear as well.) >>> >>> >>> That's my 2 cents. >>> >> >> Much of this bashing would be alleviated if Red Hat, a publically held >> and for-profit company, put some real effort into incorporating a >> decent search engine for the archives. > > Rumor has it that Google will search into the archives. Experience > bears out the rumors. (People who can tolerate Bugzilla also cite > using Google as a surrogate search engine for Bugzilla. That might > make that horrid, ugly, annoying tool (I'm being kind) almost > bearable, too.) Would you please give an example of a Google search through this list's archives?
