On Sunday 06 November 2011 03:55:45 Reindl Harald wrote: > Am 06.11.2011 11:40, schrieb David Southwell: > > On Sunday 06 November 2011 03:33:02 Reindl Harald wrote: > >> Am 06.11.2011 11:24, schrieb David Southwell: > >>> Quite happy to do that. Mind you it may be possible to ask in a way > >>> that does not demonstrate a determination, fequently expressed on this > >>> list, to hammer into the ground anyone who has the audacity to voice > >>> an opinion which does not accord with the conventional views of over > >>> vociferous loyalists. > >> > >> this has nothing to do with loyalists > >> > >> if things ain't broken don't fix them and what nobody needs is rewrite > >> perfectly working software / syntax while postfix is since many years > >> one of the few applications where you can do major upgrades without > >> worry > >> > >> sorry but i have enough of any ideas rewrite things to make dumb people > >> lucky as it happened in the linux-world way to often the last few years > >> with many over a long time working subsystems / layers > > > > I think you have succeeded in making my point far more effectively than > > I. The determination you express is a good demonstration of an attitude > > that calls anyone "dumb" if they dare to disagree with their point of > > view. > > i know it is not political correct to say the truth
When you live a little longer I hope you get to realise that your "truth" is not necessarily a universal truth. The appreciation of such a point of view is a sign of maturity. The maligning of alternative opinions and claiming you have the ability to define what is "right" may IMHO arguably have more to do with immaturity than anything else. In regard to what I expect - If you understood the derivation of the word idiotic you might appreciate its relevance. BUt if you are upset by my use of the word then I apologise. Maybe it would have been more tactful of me to say that using a single invisible symbol to fulfill multiple purposes in a file which is intended to have very precise outcomes appears on the face of it to be irrational. In configuration files the basic twin rules I would recomend to you are: 1. one visible symbol - one visible function 2. no invisible symbols David
