Re: Posting Style
- Reply: Steve O'Hara-Smith : "Re: Posting Style"
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Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 17:30:52 UTC
Hi, right now the same topic is endlessly discussed on questions@freebsd.org and on evolution-list@gnome.org . It is discussed every now and then on every computer related mailing list. On questions@freebsd.org and on evolution-list@gnome.org it's not discussed for the first time, it's not discussed for the second time, it's not discussed for the... If somebody is new to a computer related mailing list or if somebody every now and then makes a mistake, be polite. If a subscriber wants to change common computer mailing list's posting style rules, ignore the subscriber. If an English language mailing list is to old fashioned, because it isn't hip anymore to write from left to right and from top to bottom or to reply by using context, people are free to use a hip media. Everybody is free trying to solve a technical issue by exchanging ideas with spaghetti formatted HTML text and thumbs up icons. The next step is to use software written in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_code . An insider tip, spaghetti code is the new black. Regards, Ralf PS: I sent this to both lists :p.