Re: [XFree86] Re: Mailing list behaviour and etiquette, in general

2003-07-11 Thread gabe f
Not advocating change, just criticizing something that essentially creates unnecessary traffic, like your criticism? On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 12:30 AM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 01:33:10AM -0400, Mike A. Harris wrote: As such, it is extremely pointless to demand that a

[XFree86] Re: Mailing list behaviour and etiquette, in general

2003-07-10 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: category. Munging the RT violates the Principle of Least Astonishment rather thoroughly, so even if it's a miswart, it's still worthy to be pointed out. Personally, not that it matters at all in any way, but I prefer lists that do Reply-to pointing

Re: [XFree86] Re: Mailing list behaviour and etiquette, in general

2003-07-10 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 01:33:10AM -0400, Mike A. Harris wrote: The bare fact is, that reply-to munging flamewar threads have occured on mailing lists since the first days that reply-to munging started happening. I must have been on at least 200 if not 500 mailing lists which have had this