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On Wednesday 04 October 2006 22:23, "Vladimir G. Ivanovic" |
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<vgivanovic@×××××××.net> wrote about 'Re: Thread-hijacking (was: Re: |
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[gentoo-amd64] How to play flac files?)': |
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> About, oh, 99.9% of the world's email users wouldn't have any idea of |
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> what we're talking about. The notion that emails with different subjects |
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> would be part of the same thread would strike them as, expressing it |
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> politely, interesting. |
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Stupidity, ignorance, and/or apathy are not good reasons for breaking |
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thoughtful, long-lived, and useful standards and tradition. Of course, |
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they aren't good reasons for keeping them either. |
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References transfers the intent of the composer [Reply vs. New Mail] in a |
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way that a Subject does not. As I mentioned in my other email, this is a |
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desired feature, not a bug. |
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-- |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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