> -----Original Message----- > From: akaras...@gmail.com [mailto:akaras...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of > Alex Karasulu > Sent: 08 May 2012 14:48 > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: E-Mail client guidelines on the mailing list > > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Robert Schweikert <rjsch...@suse.com> > wrote: > > > > > > On 05/08/2012 04:16 AM, Ram Chinta wrote: > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Alex Huang [mailto:alex.hu...@citrix.com] > >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 5:14 AM > >>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > >>> Subject: RE: E-Mail client guidelines on the mailing list > >>> > >>>>> - No top-quoting, only bottom quoting or in-line > > [SNIP] > > There's a nice IETF RFC on this: > > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855 > > There's also this really nice essay I always like to read from Eric Raymond. > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > I'm not suggesting anyone is doing anything wrong here and nor is anyone > here of inferior intellect: it's just the title Eric chose the essay :-). > Sometimes I > re-read this essay and realize that I can always improve and often slide on my > netiquette. > > Alex's Thought Exercise > ------------------------------- > > Everyone knows the concept of the devil. Whether you believe it or not does > not matter however presume you were given the job of being the head > master of making sure that all man kind failed to reach it's potential. Now > how best could you sabotage humanity with the least effort? > > ------------------------------- > > We spend a lot of time communicating, and flaws in communication (I've > seen it here) can either lead to the best of friends or the worst of enemies. > Comm is the basis of both communication and community. When > communication is solid enough you can crystalize community on it. The health > of the community is based on this. > > If we follow netiquette properly by for example inline-posting and selecting > the proper subjects with small concepts that can be quickly read and > digested then we will have direct responses quicker. It will be easier for > people to engage and eventually the mailing list becomes a priceless > knowledge base as it's indexed by search engines. > > -- > Best Regards, > -- Alex
So, who is in charge of making the final decision about the policy for this mailing list? I think we already have enough +1s to move to top quoting. Anyway, I'm abiding by the law and staying with bottom quoting until it is made official! Salvatore
