Re: Quoting and attribution (was: Python and IDEs [was Re: Python 3 is killing Python])

2014-08-11 Thread Tim Chase
On 2014-08-12 02:07, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> It is rude to deliberately refuse to give attributes > > > > While I find this true for first-level attribution, I feel far > > less obligation to attribute additional levels (and the verbosity > > they entail). > > I cannot disagree with that.

Re: Quoting and attribution (was: Python and IDEs [was Re: Python 3 is killing Python])

2014-08-11 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I cannot disagree with that. I consider that the first-level attribution > MUST be given, second-level SHOULD be given, and third- and subsequent > levels MAY be given, where MUST/SHOULD/MAY have their conventional > meanings from RFC 2119

Re: Quoting and attribution (was: Python and IDEs [was Re: Python 3 is killing Python])

2014-08-11 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:27:25 -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2014-08-12 10:11, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> It is rude to deliberately refuse to give attributes > > While I find this true for first-level attribution, I feel far less > obligation to attribute additional levels (and the verbosity they >

Re: Quoting and attribution (was: Python and IDEs [was Re: Python 3 is killing Python])

2014-08-11 Thread Tim Chase
On 2014-08-12 10:11, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > It is rude to deliberately refuse to give attributes While I find this true for first-level attribution, I feel far less obligation to attribute additional levels (and the verbosity they entail). If the reader is really that interested in who said what