<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.6.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 22:53 -0600, Charles Howse wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> > From: "Kam Leo" <<A HREF="mailto:kam.leo@gmail.com">kam.leo@gmail.com</A>> > >> On 12/28/05, Ow Mun Heng <<A HREF="mailto:Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com">Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com</A>> wrote: >>> On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 19:58 -0800, Charles Heselton wrote: >>> >>>>> [mailto:<A HREF="mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com">fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com</A>] On Behalf Of Charles Howse >>> >>> >>>> *Most* people answer, if they know. Or >>>> point if they can. What I've found, is that at least 2 out of 3 >>>> times, when I go to google someone's problem, the answer is usually >>>> in the top 10 links found. For people that are particularly active >>>> on lists, this can be frustrating. >>> >>> yes. This is very true. And bear in mind that perhaps as much/as less as >>> 50% of people in this list actually do take the time to solve the issues >>> for you. They're not support staff but they do it out of wanting to >>> help. >>> >>> The manner in this the question is asked is also pertinent to getting >>> some answers. eg: They would have liked for the OP to at least have >>> researched the question by themselves (no spoon feed) with a min of >>> google (though of course the sequence/choice of search parameters will >>> make/break the query) and perhaps some archive searching. (eg: like me, >>> I have like 2 years worth of List archive which I consult before >>> shooting an email to the list. That and the fact that I don't have I-net >>> access at work, (only email ), so I make that clear as well.) >>> >>> >>> That's my 2 cents. >>> >> >> Much of this bashing would be alleviated if Red Hat, a publically held >> and for-profit company, put some real effort into incorporating a >> decent search engine for the archives. > > Rumor has it that Google will search into the archives. Experience > bears out the rumors. (People who can tolerate Bugzilla also cite > using Google as a surrogate search engine for Bugzilla. That might > make that horrid, ugly, annoying tool (I'm being kind) almost > bearable, too.) Would you please give an example of a Google search through this list's archives? </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> ---- pardon the html...trying to keep long line together... stick this in a google search "rmdir when directory is not empty" site:<A HREF="https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/">https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/</A> Craig </BODY> </HTML>