On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 04:27:10PM -0600, Derek Martin wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 09:25:27PM -0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 11:57:37PM -0500, John Hawkinson wrote: > > > Kevin J. McCarthy <ke...@8t8.us> wrote on Thu, 13 Jan 2022 > > > at 23:20:55 EST in <YeD6JwujzfxVc/e...@afu.lan>: > > > > > > > I've been told other prefixes are often used in some lists, and the > > > > practice > > > > is getting more common. Why not give users the option to adjust it, if > > > > they > > > > deem it appropriate, for some lists? > > > > > > The reason not to is that the knob encourages the proliferation of > > > alternative prefixes and that is bad for everyone. > > > > I think we'll have to disagree about what encouragement is, then. IMHO the > > option enables, but doesn't encourage. > > "Hey, this software has a knob to enable the thing I was just thinking > I should do. Must be OK!"
Er, I meant to say (explicitly) that providing a feature to enable users' bad ideas is certainly a form of encouragment. At the very least, it can be considered indirect encouragment. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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