Re: FYI: Debian mailing lists' code of conduct

2001-10-30 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > They're not bletcherous... they more clearly indicate if something is an > external part of a message, and it's easier to save them to a local file, > and you don't have to edit the file afterwards to remove the rest of the > e-mail. Actually, it's easier

Re: FYI: Debian mailing lists' code of conduct

2001-10-30 Thread Chris Waters
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 06:35:17PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > What's wrong with, say, attaching a patch, or a script log? Well, it's not necessary to use an attachment in either of those cases; patch(1) is perfectly capable of ignoring email headers and footers, and script logs are usually for h

Re: FYI: Debian mailing lists' code of conduct

2001-10-30 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:32:50 +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > [please Cc: me on replies, I'm not subscribed to -project] Please include an appropriate Mail-Followup-To header in your messages then. > Why only avoid large attachments? Avoid them at all: Why? Every mail client worth its salt h

Re: FYI: Debian mailing lists' code of conduct

2001-10-30 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 09:48:52AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > What's wrong with, say, attaching a patch, or a script log? Especially on > > the list like debian-user and debian-testing, where these things are often > > necessary to be able to diagnose a problem. > > You can include the

Re: FYI: Debian mailing lists' code of conduct

2001-10-30 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's wrong with, say, attaching a patch, or a script log? Especially on > the list like debian-user and debian-testing, where these things are often > necessary to be able to diagnose a problem. You can include them in email without using bletcherous at

Re: FYI: Debian mailing lists' code of conduct

2001-10-30 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
* Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001-10-30 18:35]: > What's wrong with, say, attaching a patch, or a script log? Especially on > the list like debian-user and debian-testing, where these things are often > necessary to be able to diagnose a problem. You are right, of course... Well, it was ju

Re: FYI: Debian mailing lists' code of conduct

2001-10-30 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:32:50PM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > >When using the Debian mailing lists, please follow these rules: > > > > * Never send your messages in HTML; use plain text instead. Avoid large > >attachments. > > Why only avoid large attachments? Avoid them at

Re: FYI: Debian mailing lists' code of conduct

2001-10-30 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
[please Cc: me on replies, I'm not subscribed to -project] * Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001-10-30 12:25]: > Code of conduct > >When using the Debian mailing lists, please follow these rules: > > * Never send your messages in HTML; use plain text instead. Avoid large >atta

FYI: Debian mailing lists' code of conduct

2001-10-30 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 02:01:07AM -0800, Debian WWW CVS wrote: > CVSROOT: /cvs/webwml > Module name: webwml > Changes by: joy 01/10/30 02:01:07 > > Modified files: > english/MailingLists: index.wml > > Log message: > copied the code of conduct from the Debian FAQ to this