On 18/08/24 22:21, Eric Altendorf wrote:
On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 12:42 PM Daniele Nicolodi <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 18/08/24 21:26, Chary Chary wrote:
> Martin,
It is weird to use a public mailing list to address a single person.
Are you expecting only Martin to answer?
I disagree, there are many situations where a communication is intended
primarily for one individual to respond to, but which is open to
responses from others (as happened here), and especially where the
response from the directee is likely of interest to the broader community.
I think it's a bit weird to call someone out for doing this :)
Addressing a question to a specific individual implies that only they
are likely to be able to answer, or that an answer from them is preferred.
It is very dismissive of the contributions of others.
The reason why I pointed this out is because it lowers my motivation to
answer to queries on the mailing list. As this is not the first time
that similar openings in messages to the mailing list, I thought that
expressing my distaste for this would be better than stopping to answer
messages that start like this.
Cheers,
Dan
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