Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Note to other readers of this thread. I get complaints that i post too much, > and indeed it can be argued that i represent 50% of this thread, and that i > already made many replies, but what should i have done ? [...]
Learnt to write concisely and combine replies, after 8+ years of package maintenance. Most of these repeats don't tell us much we didn't already know, about any of the participants in the thread. When new information does appear, it is at risk of being lost in the datastorm. I can appreciate the frustration about the evasion of some other replies. Certainly, I found it frustrating to read this thread. I don't think it's really helpful to reply to every damn email and repeat the questions, though. That just seems to prolong the inevitable heat death of a thread. This isn't written because of Sven's past, although I'm sure I've made similar points off-list at least twice. It's more of a general plea: think before you write and think before you send. At least some of the messages in this thread were really personal messages, but sent improperly to the mailing list. That's ugly and looks like playing to the grandstand when you're being mean to someone. Friendlyly, -- MJR/slef Laux nur mia opinio: vidu http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Bv sekvu http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
