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Re: FAQ diff -u [was: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list [Modified 20260401]]

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On Fri, May 01, 2026 at 04:00:42PM -0700, Will Mengarini wrote:
> Note that although the subject says "Modified 20260401",
> this was actually mailed on 5/1.  The full diff -wu:
> 
> --- _01	2026-02-02 21:21:51.646238002 -0800
> +++ _04	2026-05-01 15:29:54.592950190 -0700
> @@ -1,101 +1,143 @@
>  Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users,
>  and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics.
> 
>

Hi Will (and anybody else who cares)

Yes, the FAQ is posted on the first of the month if I practically can.
Ideally it comes fairly near the start of the posts on that day on
page one of the web archive. That keeps it visible.

Following a couple of edits mid-month generating threads on the list -
I try to make any consequential edits on the first of the month.
Just sometimes I'll spot a typo mid month and correct it next month.

The message subject is hand typed - obviously, you can see mistakes -
but always shows the last date modified. In your diff, you've taken
three months apart - and, actually there were changes. (That's why
the last modified date was 20260401 in the subject of this month's post).

The Git repository is on Debian's Salsa. It probably needs reorganisation.
Ideally, there should be unified diffs per month from whenever I first
started this - maybe. Or a major versioning per year - or something.
I started doing diffs against each month but it's lapsed - the number
of substantive changes is small. Advice gratefully received as to 
how you'd like to see ~75 lines of changes over, say, five years.

And yes, the quickest way to post this is to pick up last month's
copy if there have been no changes and re post it. It's lazy but
quick and since I've so far been the main contributor, nobody else
has complained about my monthly editing practice. There, you caught
me out :)

Is the FAQ useful** - maybe. is it worth worrying about on a major
scale, probably not. I'm currently worrying more about the loss of the
AMOC in the lifetime of the next couple of generations, perhaps.

Hopefully, this helps,

With every good wish to all list readers, as ever,

Andy 
(amacater@debian.org)

** I have recently pointed people to it when they've asked for
posts or contributions to be removed from Debian. Practically,
especially with the rise of web crawlers, that's now impossible.
It's also fairly unlikely that you can be scrubbed from the 'Net
if you've kept the same email address for many years. Any real
expectation of privacy must also be lost if your email provider
has archived your mailbox contents and someone has used them to train
an AI Large Language Model without your knowledge.

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Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list [Modified 20260401] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2026-05-01 19:20 +0200
  FAQ diff -u [was: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list [Modified  20260401]] Will Mengarini <seldon@eskimo.com> - 2026-05-02 01:20 +0200
    Re: FAQ diff -u [was: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list  [Modified 20260401]] Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> - 2026-05-02 07:00 +0200
    Re: FAQ diff -u [was: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list  [Modified 20260401]] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2026-05-02 11:30 +0200
      Re: FAQ diff -u [was: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list  [Modified 20260401]] Will Mengarini <seldon@eskimo.com> - 2026-05-02 11:50 +0200

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