Marc Sherman wrote:
> Ian Eiloart wrote:
>> I say keep it as it is, but add an explanation: If you're asking a 
>> question, it's presumably because you don't know how to answer it. If you 
>> don't know how to answer it, you don't know whether the details that you're 
>> obfuscating are relevant to answering the question. Sometimes, questions 
>> can't be answered because relevant information is obfuscated.
>>
>> Also, there's a middle way. Replace the quantifiers with vague quantifiers 
>> such as "some", instead of trying to measure the amount.
> 
> Just to clarify, in the hopes of discouraging people from replying to 
> Ian and starting another heated discussion; the question at hand is 
> _not_ "obfuscation: is it really bad?" We're voting on the 
> meta-question: "do 'many' members of the exim list refuse to answer 
> questions with obfuscated details?"
> 

It is not that I refuse to answer them. It's more than there is
generally no way to do it and involves much more work than if they
included proper info.

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