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Use this tag when examining what is on-topic or off-topic, and why (i.e scope of the site).
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Would this question on which package managers can transfer packages over BitTorrent be consi...
It seems you'd be asking a pretty broad question, except that I think the answer is "Debian tried, it didn't work out, no one else is crazy enough."
If you want to ask anyway, you need to keep the qu …
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Is question about executable memory layout on-topic?
That is outside our scope here.
You ask to confirm your understanding of linker scripts. …
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What is the current consensus on programming questions?
When its been directly asked on meta before, there seems to be general agreement that programming questions are, with some exceptions, off topic here:
What to do about programming questions
Unix C A …
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Is the Unix C API still on-topic?
Small amounts of certain types of programming are reasonably within the scope of what a system administrator does. … Uncontroversially, writing a shell script to start a daemon, check if its running, and stop it is within scope (i.e., an init script). …
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What is the current consensus on programming questions?
I was originally going to ask a question about this, but found its been asked here a lot already (in numerous variation). Since I've now spent the time digging through meta, I'll document what I've fo …
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Is the Unix C API still on-topic?
According to Unix C API calls ontopic? and the help center, "UNIX C API and System Interfaces ( within reason )" is explicitly on topic. That within reason links to the meta question.
https://unix.st …
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