On 2016-05-16 08:27, Savolainen, Petri (Nokia - FI/Espoo) wrote: > > > From: lng-odp [mailto:lng-odp-boun...@lists.linaro.org] On Behalf Of Bill > Fischofer > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 1:55 AM > To: Brian Brooks <brian.bro...@linaro.org> > Cc: lng-odp <lng-odp@lists.linaro.org> > Subject: Re: [lng-odp] lng-odp mailman settings > > > > On Friday, May 13, 2016, Brian Brooks > <brian.bro...@linaro.org<mailto:brian.bro...@linaro.org>> wrote: > On 05/13 10:07:44, Bill Fischofer wrote: > > I don't think we need to impose those sort of restrictions. I personally > > use sylpheed for patches and GMail for everything else and they have no > > problem sorting things out. > > > > The ODP mailing list covers both discussions as well as patches, and HTML > > is useful for the former. The onus should be on those who have problems > > with this to upgrade their tools rather than sending everyone else back to > > the 1980s. > > > > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Mike Holmes > > <mike.hol...@linaro.org<javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > All, > > > > > > A topic that comes up occasionally that affects some mail tools like > > > outlook is that html email on this list makes it harder for some folks to > > > process patches. > > > > > > I use mutt specifically to avoid using a fancy email client for all my > > > patch download/send work, it is powered by coal/steam and would work fine > > > on a 1970 VAX but there you go. > > > > > > Anyway, does anyone object to having mailman reject HTML mail ? One up > > > side is that I will not waste time blocking offers of cheap watches and > > > fax > > > services from the list :) > > > > > > On the other hand I will miss bullet lists and the color red when I am > > > grumpy. > > > > > > Mike > > +1 for plain text > > I think this topic is more about simplicity and best practices rather than > anything else. > > Here is an example of why HTML doesn't work well with archives: > https://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/lng-odp/2016-May/023134.html > That link displays perfectly fine for me. What problem do you see? > > Did you read it? It’s a mixture of paragraphs from two writers, without any > indication who is writing what. The list archive drops out HTML decoration > and at least in some cases will not convert (various blue or grey lines, or > indentations) into ‘>’. > > As Brian highlights, it’s about simplicity. With one rule (no HTML) we can > uniform output of all mail clients and their fonts/indentations/other > settings, so that the list is clean and clear to read (both directly and from > the archives) and reply (no need to struggle with mismatching styles > inherited from the senders HTML settings, etc). > > +1 for plain text
I agree with Brian and Petri. There shouldn't be any other option than plain text! That works for discussions as well. "You can mail all those funny mails to your friends." =) Just a reflection, since we talking about plain text vs. html... Is there someone that can follow this thread easily? =) We have another problem with this thread as well, people top-post, which is insane! =) Cheers, Anders _______________________________________________ lng-odp mailing list lng-odp@lists.linaro.org https://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/lng-odp
