Can we PLEASE not have this argument? It's literally as old as email
itself, and totally futile.

Drop it. Now.

Jacob

On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Wim Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 4 Jun 2013, at 12:00 PM, Daniele Procida wrote:
>> * quote what needs to be quoted for context
>> * don't quote anything that doesn't need to be quoted
>
> This is, I think, the most useful/important point. There's no need to include 
> a whole string of previous messages in later ones; this isn't 1985, we all 
> have access to the rest of the thread if we want to go look. Trim the quotes 
> to what's immediately relevant or don't even include them.
>
>> * replies to particular points go immediately below quoted material
>
> This is certainly my preference, but as Michael Manfre says, I think it's not 
> something we need to be particularly uniform or strict about. I'd much rather 
> people put their effort into writing clearly than worrying about local 
> quoting customs.
>
>
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
> "Django developers" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an 
> email to [email protected].
> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>
>

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"Django developers" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.


Reply via email to