From: Bryan Koschmann - GKT (no email)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2003 - 16:35:06 EDT
On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Wietse Venema wrote:
>
> So stop bitching and start contributing. What I find lame is the folks
> who complain and don't contribute.
I'm sorry to jump in here, but I really have to agree with Dean.
So, if I'm not a programmer and don't contribute, I shouldn't expect to
get any help?
Furthermore, how could I contribute to documentation when it is so lacking
in the first place, and asking here gets either a sarcastic reply or no
reply at all?
Victor so graciously pointed me in a better direction, after I have been
through all the how-tos, manual pages, and archives. Even so, it was
simply telling me to start with the basic configuration, and convery that
to MySQL. Where in the documentation does it say to do this? I am fully
familiar with reading manpages and unix/linux commands, but that has
nothing to do with the documentation.
So, simply because Postfix uses virtually an entirely new layout and
configuration, I'm supposed to hire someone because it isn't documented
well enough?
It's quite sad, as some time ago before I started this migration, I was
constantly told about how good Postfix was, how much easier than sendmail
it was, and so on. I'm not seeing it.
Many people have simply asked for (better) howtos. Other (like myself) for
examples or a little more direction. There should not be anything wrong
with this. The how-tos I have read (all linked from the postfix site)
varied in their setup. Which one is right? What is the difference? Why on
earth isn't there an "official" postfix page describing the proper way to
use mysql, rather than broad references?
I subscribe to over 30 lists. I have questions, and I answer questions
when I can (providing they haven't been answered already). I have 2 lists
of largescale projects where the people are very unhelpful; xfree86 and
postfix.
Anyhow, you don't deserve bragging rights to some supposedely wonderful
software when you pretty much tell people to piss off if they aren't elbow
deep in writing code.
Feel free to reply, I'm not looking to just bitch about it, I want to see
it worked out for the better (for everyone).
Bryan
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