From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4C1D08EB.6070902@domain.hid> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:14:03 +0200 From: Gilles Chanteperdrix MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4C19EDA4.2030601@domain.hid> <4C1A040F.4030209@domain.hid> <4C1C9159.1000408@domain.hid> <2DD1EFE4-AE92-4F78-9BAF-7441D7D0DB3E@gmail.com> <4C1C9FD3.4000704@domain.hid> <8C0BA148-FA50-48A4-9700-FC496C47D33F@xenomai.org> In-Reply-To: <8C0BA148-FA50-48A4-9700-FC496C47D33F@xenomai.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] application make file List-Id: Help regarding installation and common use of Xenomai List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Piquesel Cc: "xenomai@xenomai.org" Piquesel wrote: > Hi, >=20 > oops, something went wrong with my previous answer sent from my cell > phone. I post again then. See inline. >=20 > Le 19 juin 2010 =C3=A0 12:45, Gilles Chanteperdrix a =C3=A9crit : >=20 >> Bruno Rouchouse wrote: >>> Hi Gilles, >>>=20 >>> I do understand your point an mostly agrees with it. What you say >>> is really common sense. >>>=20 >>> However, I would object 2 points: first it's everyone's freedom >>> to help someone or not even if it is a dummy question. In fact, >>> due to my knowledge, I can help only on those ;) Second, it's not >>> so easy when you start using a technology to find all the right >>> pointers and have all the answers. For instance, I'm still=20 >>> struggling with lot's of git features and workflow although >>> everything is documented. Reading all man pages does not really >>> help me for every use case. Finally, I answered privately without >>> putting the list in cc especially to avoid bothering advanced >>> users. I don't really see anything wrong with that. >> Well, the problem with private answers is that other people on the >> list do not know that you have answered. >>=20 > Yes that's the problem in fact. I actually only answer on public > mailing-list when I'm 100% sure of the answer. >=20 > There's always a trade-off between answering privately or publicly. > If you wrongly answer just to one person: no big deal. If you answer > to the mailing list and are damned wrong, then you expose your > ignorance to the project but also to the world :-) Google will always > be here to remind you what you once answered and will always dig that > out for you from old archives ;-) >=20 > Well, I know I'm exaggerating a little bit but it is true (at least > for me) that answering publicly on project mailing-lists (open source > projects in general) is not always a straightforward consideration. Well, the problem is that if you give a wrong answer privately, there is no way for anyone to see that you did, whereas if you give a wrong answer on the list, people can correct you. And his correction can be found in the mailing list archives. So, please answer on the list, really= =2E --=20 Gilles.