svn commit: r353565 - in head/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs: . sys

[Cy Schubert]

In message <20191017020535.GB8053 at FreeBSD.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev writes:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 10:00:51AM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote:
> > On Tue, 2019-10-15 at 18:56 +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> > > On 15/10/2019 18:53, O. Hartmann wrote:
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> > > > 
> > > > Am Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:09:36 +0000 (UTC)
> > > > Andriy Gapon <avg at FreeBSD.org> schrieb:
> > > 
> > > Sorry, I got tired before I could scroll to your reply.
> > 
> > You break the build, a user reports it, and a smartass reply is the
> > best you can do?
>
> In Andriy's defense, O. Hartmann could have trimmed the log down to the
> relevant build error lines rather than (uselessly) quoting entire diff.
> It really takes a while to scroll down these emails of his, especially
> on a slow connections.
>
> Overquoting in general is a big problem on FreeBSD lists, and I don't
> know exactly why.  It was not like that 15-20 years ago.

Agreed. However, for me personally, trimming using my desktop client 
(exmh2) is simple. If I'm replying using my phone (K-9 mail), trimming is 
so time consuming and error prone (one wrong finger movement and you start 
over again, especially while riding the bus to work -- one bump in the road 
and I'm guaranteed starting over again) that it's next to impossible. As 
much as I dislike it, top posting might be more acceptable in those 
circumstances.

Otherwise agreed. 


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Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com>
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