Re: [Dri-devel] Quotation spam (was: useful info for savage)

[Felix <fx...@gm...>]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:43:42 +0100
Michel D=E4nzer <mi...@da...> wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 17:09, Felix K=FChling wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 01:59:16 +0100
> > Michel D=E4nzer <mi...@da...> wrote:
[snip]
> > > PS: Please, guys, trim the superfluous citations from your posts...
> >=20
> > I didn't have the impression that our threads are worse than others in
> > this respect ;-). But I agree that we CC lots of details to the list
> > that are probably not very interesting for most DRI developers. We could
> > take some of that off the list or open up a separate mailing list for
> > savage stuff until the driver reaches a reasonable stability.
>=20
> That's not what I was trying to say. I don't mind information at all.

Sorry, I guess I overreacted after a bad day and a tough week. I
understand your point and I'll try to cut the quotation spam down to a
reasonable minimum in the future. You made me aware that the
responsibility for this grows proportionally with the number of posts
one is sending to the list. ;-)

>=20
>=20
> > >=20
> > > --=20
> > > Earthling Michel D=E4nzer      |     Debian (powerpc), X and DRI deve=
loper
> > > Software libre enthusiast    |   http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=3Dda=
enzer
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^=
^^^
> What I do mind is superfluous stuff like this (and the stuff about make
> on top, which isn't relevant to your post). And in case someone wants to
> say 'hey, that's only a couple of lines!': this is just a moderate

I considered quoting signatures as a matter of politeness. Not sure if
it's "Netiquette" or just my own feeling.

> example, some recent posts contained much more superfluous citations
> than actual information. A waste of bandwidth and time of the list
> readers. (The only way to make it even worse is to put the bit of new
> information at the top and leave the rest untouched :)

Point taken.

Cheers,
  Felix