[ANNOUNCE] New mailing list: fedora-selinux

[Jeff Vian]

Andrew Robinson wrote:

--snip--

> Do you realize that in the first link, nowhere does it define what 
> SELinux is? So if not for the second link, I would still be ignorant.
>
> I'm going off topic here. This is a pet peeve of mine. Someone will 
> post an annoucement of an application or package on a mailing list or 
> USENET news group. The announcement will describe in great detail what 
> has been done to the software since the last release. However, the 
> announcement will never reveal what the software does in the first place.
>
> OK, there's my mini-rant for the day...:)

IMHO most people who are posting expect the readers to be 1) at least 
marginally familiar with current event/news/project on the internet and 
2) prepared to investigate terms and projects they are unfamiliar with.  

a very quick search on google for the  terms "selinux +linux +kernel" 
yeilded over 26500 results and the first was  www.nsa.gov/selinux/ .

I, for one, do not expect anyone to fill in background for an 
announcement post when all the background is easily found, and in much 
greater detail than any one post could possible contain.


Please educate yourself, then ask questions about topics where the fine 
details are not available.  Do not rant because someone else has failed 
to feed you with a spoon.