On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Tom Dailey wrote:
>I have to tell everyone that I for one am getting tired of
>new circle mud owners getting the latest release, getting
>a patch or two, "trying" to patch it in, and then emailing
>the list that it didn't work.
Jeremy didn't like the "booby-trapped" release idea last I brought it up.
Idea is that the distribution is shipped with a trivial (though
non-compiling) purposefully broken piece of code. Then the person must fix
that before they can even use CircleMUD. If they can't fix it, then they
don't have the basic C skills to run a MUD so "tough s*" as they say.
Which may also increase the number of "why doesn't it compile" messages,
but anyway...
I'm not really set on the idea, was just something I heard of.
>1. When someone joins the list, email the FAQ with the
> listserv response that they have been added.
I think they already are.
>2. Take all of the patches off of the current web pages and
> ftp page. This seems radical and all, but it would deter
> all of the clone muds you see and it would make people
> learn to code on their own.
Not so great, we have enough people confused about the mouse.van.ml.org ->
mouse.van.m-l.org change as it is that mail the list.
Even though it's been in my signature for how many weeks now?
>3. When a person sends the list a question, please respond
> via email and not to the list if it's not needed. I think that 80%
> of the responses that I see, I really don't need to see.
Unsubscribing will fix that to 100%. ;)
>Finally, I've gotten much help from the list in the past, so I am not
>flaming people who are not as adept at coding as some of the
>people on here, I just think there could be ways to help with seeing
>the same quesitons asked 10 times a month.
Maybe someone needs to ask Alex if they can start posting a DNATFAQ list
weekly or monthly to the list.[1]
--
George Greer
greerga@circlemud.org
http://www.circlemud.org/~greerga/
[1] - Do Not Ask These Frequently Asked Questions.
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