I believe this tradition, and other's like it which hold on to old idioms for little sensible reason, are more of a challenge to the community values than anything I can say.
On 5/3/05, Covington, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The bottom line is that on any technical mailing list, it's tradition > not to use HTML. You can't argue against it using technical reasons, > people aren't going to change their minds about it. And there might not > even be strong technical reasons for it anymore: just about all browsers > and email clients support HTML now, including pine and mutt, just about > everyone has a high-speed connection, servers have faster connections, > disks and capacity, etc. but it is the tradition. > > Heed the proverb "When in Rome..." - to challenge that tradition is to > go against community values. > > --- > Chris Covington > IT > Plus One Health Management > 75 Maiden Lane Suite 801 > NY, NY 10038 > 646-312-6269 > http://www.plusoneactive.com > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
