Please do not duplicate messages (was: When will X11R7.2 hit the ports tree ?)

Greg 'groggy' Lehey grog at FreeBSD.org
Mon Feb 19 00:11:41 UTC 2007


On Sunday, 18 February 2007 at 14:04:44 +0200, Ivan Georgiev wrote:
On Sunday, 18 February 2007 at 14:20:51 +0200, Ivan Georgiev wrote:
> X11R7.2 was released three days ago. Any ideas when
> will we see it in ports ?

It's been less than a week since I wrote:

On Tuesday, 13 February 2007 at  9:46:34 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Monday, 12 February 2007 at 13:29:22 +0100, Olaf Greve wrote:
> On Monday, 12 February 2007 at 14:54:26 +0100, Olaf Greve wrote:
> On Monday, 12 February 2007 at 15:44:42 +0100, Olaf Greve wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> (Firstly: I posted this message well over an hour ago, and it does not
>> seem to have come through, in case you recieve this twice, then I'm
>> sorry for that :P )
>
> Three times.
>
> Once a week there's a regular posting on this list "How to ask
> questions".  To quote:
>
>   8.  If you don't get an answer immediately, or if you don't even see
>       your own message appear on the list immediately, don't resend
>       the message.  Wait at least 24 hours.  The FreeBSD mailer
>       offloads messages to a number of subordinate mailers around the
>       world, and sometimes it can take several hours for the mail to
>       get through.  And once it gets through, the one person who might
>       know the answer will probably just have gone to bed in his part
>       of the world.
>
> I know this message has been unchanged for years, and that most people
> (myself included) normally delete it unread.  But from time to time
> it's worth reminding yourself.

People, this is annoying.  We get enough mail already without
duplicates.  Please follow the recommendations.

Greg
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