Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] colord failed to upgrade
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 20:57:41
Message-Id: e101f90f-57b2-4a01-9964-c38e6352b069@email.android.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] colord failed to upgrade by Alan McKinnon
1 On 1 August 2014 19:19:49 CEST, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >On 01/08/2014 13:53, J. Roeleveld wrote:
3 >> On Friday, August 01, 2014 11:00:11 AM Peter Humphrey wrote:
4 >>
5 >>> On Thursday 31 July 2014 16:19:41 J. Roeleveld wrote:
6 >>
7 >>> > On 31 July 2014 16:03:09 CEST, Alec Ten Harmsel
8 >> <alec@××××××××××××××.com>
9 >>
10 >>>
11 >>
12 >>> wrote:
13 >>
14 >>> > >I can't comment on a long-term, real, proper solution, but for
15 >right
16 >>
17 >>> > >now
18 >>
19 >>> > >
20 >>
21 >>> > > emerge --oneshot dev-perl/XML-Parser
22 >>
23 >>> > >
24 >>
25 >>> > >should at least allow you to continue building colord.
26 >>
27 >>> >
28 >>
29 >>> > Please do not top post.
30 >>
31 >>>
32 >>
33 >>> Far worse than top-posting is leaving reams and reams of quoted text
34 >in a
35 >>
36 >>> reply that have nothing to do with your own contribution. I'm
37 >repeatedly
38 >>
39 >>> surprised at how many old-timers forget that.
40 >>
41 >>>
42 >>
43 >>> Please snip irrelevancies out.
44 >>
45 >>
46 >>
47 >> Snipping emails using a mobile phone on a bumpy road doesn't work...
48 >>
49 >> If you know of a decent email client for Android that makes it
50 >simpler?
51 >
52 >k9 mail is pretty good, but you still have to deal with the Android
53 >touchscreen interface which makes select-delete hard. This may be the
54 >actual root of the problem.
55 >
56 >The other solution is peace, tolerance and understanding on the part of
57 >complainers. We can see your mail client and it's not like you are a
58 >clueless Web2.0 newbie without street cred.
59 >
60 >I had to eat humble pie a few years ago and back off and stop being the
61 >biggest ass BOFH in the world when folks used a phone. I recommend
62 >people do this. One's number of friends goes up :-)
63
64 I do regularly check the settings for html and bottom posting in k9mail.
65 I had it revert back to (wrong) default a few months back.
66
67 --
68 Joost
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70 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.