Hi Steve, Steve Litt writes:
>>What is the netiquette on this list for changing subject lines. >>I hate hijacking threads but I also hate breaking them. >>Which is the lesser of the two evils ? >> > > :-) > > My 2 cents: When the stuff I'm discussing no longer is apropos to the > OP's post, I change the subject line. I typically do it like the > following: > > Name of my new discussion: Was: Name of the OP's discussion I usually put the "Was: ..." bit between parentheses and use lowercase so you get: Name of my new discussion (was: Name of the OP's discussion) but that's just me. > It's a gray area because generally threads aren't full-on hijacked, but > instead slowly drift away. My decision difficulty is determining at > what point do I change the subject . > > By the way, people who take an ongoing, solid discussion, and reply > about something totally unconnected with the discussion have a special > place in hell reserved for them. Perhaps, in addition to the normal > fire and brimstone, they'll be forced to use systemd for eternity. > > And then there are the people who say "sorry for hijacking this > thread, but", and then go on to hijack it. In addition to the > punishments mentioned in the preceding paragraph, these people's > eternal roommate will be Lennart Poettering, who will lecture them, for > eternity, on why they are wrong about everything. Thanks for giving me a good laugh, the ROTFL-kind actually, when I could use one :bow: Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
