On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 10:13:51PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > Soren Stoutner <so...@debian.org> writes: > > On Saturday, March 8, 2025 4:23:56 PM MST Philip Hands wrote: > >> Soren Stoutner <so...@debian.org> writes: > >> > At this point in the discussion I would like to progress toward a > >> > decision. > >> > > >> > One way to do so would be a GR. On one hand, using a GR to > >> > modify one line of the code of conduct for the mailing list seems > >> > like a rather large hammer for a rather small problem. But on > >> > the other hand, many people feel strongly enough about this that > >> > a GR might be the only mechanism where people will feel like the > >> > outcome is fair. > >> > > >> > My question is, is there any other decision making process that > >> > would be preferable to a GR to decide this issue? > >> > >> You seem to be under the impression that there's an emerging > >> consensus in favour of your idea. > > > > Yes, I feel like there are a majority of Debian Developers who are > > in favor of making the change that I propose, partially based on the > > number of people who have commented only once in the conversation > > with a short message in favor of the change. > > OK, so that provoked me to check if it's my input filter that's > defective, or yours.
> Having skimmed through the 106 mails I currently see in this thread, > this is the way I'd summarise people's preferences (if anyone sees > that I've mis-characterised their view, I promise it was not > intentional, so please forgive me and correct my mistake) > * Unclear … > Jonathan McDowell To clarify, given I didn't explicitly state a position, I am against the proposal that we should switch to not wrapping email text. I'm generally in favour of format=flowed as this seems to offer the best of both worlds (a graceful degradation to the current state of affairs for clients that don't support it, and some hints about where it's ok to wrap for clients that do) and have made use of Colin Watson's helpful suggestions to fix my own configuration to use this. I J. -- Suburbia: where they tear out the trees & then name streets after them.
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