On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Bruce Hill
> <da...@happypenguincomputers.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 11:23:35AM -0800, fe...@crowfix.com wrote:
>> <snip, whack, d200d, cough, spit>
>>
>> Puhleeeze don't put such long stuff in an email. Have you heard of 
>> attachments?
>> pastebins?
>>
>
> Felix,
>    Personally, after years reading LKML, I have no problem with
> in-line text of _any_ length, especially on the initial post or when
> you are asked to respond with detailed info. While I understand
> Bruce's comment I don't think it represents a democratic picture of
> what this list has been comfortable with over the years.

Agreed.

>
>    That said, what I do have a BIG problem with is people responding
> and not taking the time to edit the response down to a few lines that
> make it clear about what their point is. Many responses to 1000 line
> emails are 1001 lines - the responder adds a one-liner. That's a real
> waste.

Guilty. To be fair, I try to properly snip and edit when I can, but if
I'm responding from my phone (more often than not, of late), getting
that kind of editing work in is very difficult.

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