Regardless, there's no good reason to post auto-generated anti-virus
complaints to mailing lists. I'll take my chances with a perl script
landing in my inbox, I don't need some dumb-ass virus checker telling me
to watch out for it.
Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
> Hello, David!
>
> > Will whoever owns this dog please leash it in the future? There are
> > very good reasons to include Perl scripts on the info-cvs mailing
> > list, and we're all smart enough to look at them before using them.
> > Putting out gratuitous irrelevant email whenever that happens is bad
> > nettiquette.
>
> I must disagree with you. There are no good reasons to post Perl programs
> in mailing lists. They should be on web sites, packaged with the
> documentation. They could also be on public CVS, optionally enhanced with
> a web interface.
>
> Mailing lists are good for discussing patches and tiny scripts, but not
> for pushing stuff to everybody (IMHO)
>
> Posting cvsweb.pl here defeats its own purpose :-)
>
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
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Cheers,
Derek
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