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From: waebbl <waebbl@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Anti-spam for goose
Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 15:20:14
Message-Id: CAEdPeHH7i=-wMPjOsHwfF7AdwLbke=oV5gMjqZ=pHwjT+9H76A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Anti-spam for goose by Gordon Pettey
1 Am Fr., 22. Mai 2020 um 15:40 Uhr schrieb Gordon Pettey <
2 petteyg359@×××××.com>:
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4 > On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 1:18 AM waebbl <waebbl@×××××.com> wrote:
5 >
6 >> Am Do., 21. Mai 2020 um 22:14 Uhr schrieb Viktar Patotski <
7 >> xp.vit.blr@×××××.com>:
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9 >>> I believe that we are all have forgotten about Donald Knuth: Premature
10 >>> optimisation is the root of all evill.
11 >>>
12 >> I won't consider spam protection to be a optimisation. Instead, the
13 >> occurence of spam is IMO a proper use-case from a developers PoV. Therefore
14 >> thinking about how to handle it, is a necessary task.
15 >>
16 > Abusing Knuth's words as an excuse to avoid any and all good practice is
17 > the root of all evil.
18 >
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20 Would you consider not even thinking about it a good practice?