Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/01/26/14:13:42
At 01:41 PM 1/26/2004, Christopher Faylor you wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 06:34:29PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Larry Hall
>>
>>>Otherwise, adding what should be obvious to the FAQ isn't going to pass
>>>muster. The FAQ isn't the place for the obvious.
>>
>>AYS? The FAQ is the place for _frequently_ asked questions, and I've
>>always assumed that frequency of questions is orthogonal to whether
>>they're obvious or not[*]. After all, its whole raison d'etre is to
>>save the list the bother of having to repeatedly answer the same
>>questions that come up time after time after time.... Surely that's
>>justification for putting any question (no matter how obvious the
>>answer) in the FAQ solely on the grounds of how often it crops up?
>>
>>OTOH 'frequently' in this context should imply 'asked by a variety of
>>different people', rather than 'asked by one person repeatedly'.... ;)
>
>I think you're missing the point. Larry apparently doesn't understand
>(and neither do I) the thought process which, for example, would cause a
>person who bought coffee that was to hot to complain at Starbucks when
>the coffee was bought at Krispy Kreme.
>
>Larry was asking for some insight into the thought process so that the
>potential FAQ entry could pinpoint the problem. It's not obvious what
>the problem could possibly be here so adding empty obvious words is
>not going to be much use.
>
>I actually suspect that this is one of many cases where a FAQ entry
>would be of little help and I'm always wary of adding so much verbiage
>to the FAQ that it becomes unusable.
Precisely. The idea of adding to the FAQ for something that should be
obvious goes against my grain but I'm OK with the notion if doing so
addresses a problem. But, at least to me, this one seems way off to one
end of "obviousness" so I have to question the "obvious" solution too.
Maybe there's a better solution because the problem isn't what we think
it is.
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