Re: Is this the most official cvs mailing list?

[Todd Denniston]

Arthur Barrett wrote, On 08/26/2009 02:04 AM:
> Jirong and Bob,
> > > Sorry to ask this question. I found this mailing list here, 
> > > but seems not much activity as I expected.
>
> Ahhh - you've presumably looked at the SVN mailing list and seen the 30+
> messages every day.  You are right - this mailing list traffic is
> comparably low.  
>
> The correct explanation is one or more of these reasons:
> A) CVS is easier to use than that other software, so people need to ask
> less questions
> B) CVS has less bugs than that other software, so people need to ask
> less questions
> C) People who use CVS know how to search the mailing list to find
> previous answers, so do not have to ask the same questions each day
> D) People who use CVS are more dedicated to the GNU philosophy and if
> they find a problem, simply fix it and submit a patch rather than ask
> why it doesn't work
> E) People who use CVS can't be bothered writing e-mails, if it doesn't
> work they just don't bother checking in
> F) People who use CVS can (and do) read manuals
> G) People who use CVS know the value of time and so are happy to pay the
> authors to come on site and help 

Arthur,
please be careful when you head off into the deep end of the funny pool, some might think you are 
still _very_ serious from H onwards. OH, and E seems a _little_ sketchy too. :)

I did enjoy them, but I thought they might be more confusing than funny to the 
less initiated.


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Todd Denniston
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