> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Schweikert [mailto:rjsch...@suse.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 2:48 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: E-Mail client guidelines on the mailing list > > > > 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 > >> > >> I agree with most of these guidelines. I can see most of them makes > sense for > >> plain text reading in emails/archives and on phones. The only one I > have a > >> problem with is bottom-quoting. With most email clients supporting > threading > >> nowadays, it is faster for readers or followers of a thread to do top- > quoting. I > >> think if you have specific items that you're answering to then you > should trim > >> and do in-line. This email, for example, to me is in-line with one > item. If you are > >> replying to an email as a whole, then you should simply top-quote. > For the > >> people who are reading archives, it's not too much trouble to follow > in reverse > >> but for people who are actively participating in a conversation, it > saves a lot of > >> time not to have to scroll down. > >> > >> --Alex > > > > Couldn't agree more. I would even question why plain text is so > sacrosanct in these days where mime/html email clients are standard. > Archiving and searching isn't an issue either. > > Because HTML formatting messes with spaces when you sent patches to the > list. Also this is a devel list, thus I suspect there is a good chunk of > people using pine or mutt and plain text e-mails are just much nicer to > deal with in those clients. > > Although it appears that the top posting (which I personally hate) is in > favor maybe this will help: > > http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_list_netiquette#Quoting > > This is the guideline we have for all openSUSE mailing lists. > > Later, > Robert > > -- > Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU > SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX > Tech Lead > rjsch...@suse.com > rschw...@ca.ibm.com > 781-464-8147
After I have read through http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_list_netiquette#Quoting. Bottom quoting seems to be more community friendly, especially for people who are seeking for help from archived email threads. So my vote is now leaning towards the opposite :-) Kelven
