site_removal

[Tony Alfrey]

Collins Richey wrote:
> On 10/7/06, Susan Macchia <susan at smacchia.net> wrote:
>> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>>>> Lots of good stuff hiding in there!  We all might get motivated one day
>>>>> and start putting more stuff in!
>>>> shoulda, woulda, coulda.  If it was going to happen, it would have
>>>> happened.
>>>>
>>> Well, I think it is a considerable loss.  Without that info, it's hard
>>> to justify the existence of much else about the list.  I have paper
>>> copies of a few things from SxS that were important to me at the
>>> particular moment, and a lot of stuff that I expected to read when I got
>>> the time which I left on-line thinking it would always be there.  For
>>> example, I just happen to find in my files paper copies of articles
>>> about "upgrading glibc" written by both the Bald Guy in Panama and by
>>> one Net Llama.
>>> So I guess that, since it worked for *you* before, and it worked for
>>> *me* before, as a minor upgrade, I think I can risk it again considering
>>> the various warnings about backup.
>> Are you guys taking about the removal of the SxS site? If so, I must concur on considerable loss, to say the least.  I personally find it invaluable and often point collegues to that site.  Additionally, I have been thanked many times over for some of the articles that I wrote (especially the one on multi-flash card readers).  I would hate to see the site go.
>>
> 
> Could someone fill me in about this thread. It seems to presume facts
> that I haven't heard anywhere else. Maybe I've been napping again?
> 
> 

It started when I tried to access the SxS site to get info on updating 
glibc.  I got transferred to a page that said that, in essence, the SxS 
info is old, bug-ridden, poorly maintained, and possibly no longer 
needed 'cause distros now "just run" out of the box.  And it asked for 
feedback about whether or not people wanted to keep the site.  I clicked 
the respond-to link and added my .02 dollars US and my response ended up 
being posted here.  And it appears that the SxS info is no longer 
accessible.



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Tony Alfrey
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"I'd Rather Be Sailing"