Re: [OT] Cross-posting (was: package wxmacmolplt broken)

2012-08-19 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 12 August 2012 17:28:06 Chris Bannister wrote: Bring them all into the one room, and problem solved. Not necessarily. I have had experience of one person who routinely cross-posted, with the effect that all his threads were badly distorted: fragmented and nearly impossible to

Re: package wxmacmolplt broken

2012-08-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 02:48:44PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Chris Bannister wrote: Huh? Since when? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting A crossposted message takes up less server storage space, and creates less network traffic, than if individual messages had been posted to

Re: package wxmacmolplt broken

2012-08-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Bannister wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Of course that applies to usenet newsgroups but does not apply to mailing lists such as debian-user. Mailing lists will generate a new message with the same message-id for every message regardless of whether it is crossposted to several mailing

Re: package wxmacmolplt broken

2012-08-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 03:05:56PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:27:22 +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: (please, don't cross-post without warning the users about it) Huh? Since when? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting A crossposted message takes up less server storage

[OT] Cross-posting (was: package wxmacmolplt broken)

2012-08-12 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:45:29 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 03:05:56PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:27:22 +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: (please, don't cross-post without warning the users about it) Huh? Since when? Since always (RFC1855¹): 3.1.2

Re: [OT] Cross-posting (was: package wxmacmolplt broken)

2012-08-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-12 at 15:27 +, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:45:29 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 03:05:56PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:27:22 +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: (please, don't cross-post without warning the users about

Re: [OT] Cross-posting (was: package wxmacmolplt broken)

2012-08-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Long time no see :( debian-user@lists.debian.org joe1assis...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1344787145.2207.67.camel@precise

Re: [OT] Cross-posting (was: package wxmacmolplt broken)

2012-08-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 05:40:14PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Some days ago I cross-posted, apologized and warned! It's anyway not the best idea to do so. Excepted of some announcements cross-posting isn't a good idea, sometimes it's just less work for the person who does the post, but it

Re: [OT] Cross-posting (was: package wxmacmolplt broken)

2012-08-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 03:27:25PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:45:29 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Besides, it is obvious in the headers whether the message is cross posted, the warning is hence redundant, extra typing, and therefore unnecessary. Not that obvious!

Re: [OT] Cross-posting (was: package wxmacmolplt broken)

2012-08-12 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:31:40 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 03:27:25PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:45:29 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Besides, it is obvious in the headers whether the message is cross posted, the warning is hence redundant, extra

Re: [OT] Cross-posting (was: package wxmacmolplt broken)

2012-08-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 13 aug 12, 04:31:40, Chris Bannister wrote: All I can suggest is that you get a better MUA. I mean what MUA doesn't show you (at least) the CC header? When I'm reading -user (or any other mailing list for the matter) I generally pay no attention at all to the headers. Kind regards,

Re: package wxmacmolplt broken

2012-08-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Bannister wrote: Huh? Since when? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting A crossposted message takes up less server storage space, and creates less network traffic, than if individual messages had been posted to multiple newsgroups. Of course that applies to usenet newsgroups but

package wxmacmolplt broken

2012-08-10 Thread Francesco Pietra
Hi all: Package wxmacmolplt on wheezy is broken. It currently requires libglew1.6, while libglew1.7 is currently installed. thanks francesco pietra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: package wxmacmolplt broken

2012-08-10 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:27:22 +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: (please, don't cross-post without warning the users about it) Package wxmacmolplt on wheezy is broken. It currently requires libglew1.6, while libglew1.7 is currently installed. Mmm, I see no package in Debian repos with that name