In the U.S, a common abbreviation is w/ for "with" and w/o for "without".
On Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 9:42 AM Lime In a Jacket (Aaron Liu) < aaronliu0...@gmail.com> wrote: > I, for one, have never heard of using “w” as “without”. W much, much > commonly means “with”. > > > On Nov 22, 2023, at 9:31 AM, Björn Bidar <bjorn.bi...@thaodan.de> wrote: > > > > > > Hey, > > > > I fully agree with that statement. The automated checks can only go so > > far. > > Of course there are cases where the package has been out of date for > > longer, however even in such cases the packager might have forgotten to > > update the package after he got the request or there was an issue on > > their side. > > E.g. on case I did an update but forgot to push it. > > > > I also noticed that more users use out-of-date flags as a way to bug the > > maintainer of a package for attention. > > > > I had a package teams-for-linux-wbunbled-electron that was simply > > deleted/merged after such a request because the author of the request > > didn't understood what w as in without means. > > > > I would favor that before a request is send the user should try to send > > a comment or request simply shouldn't be automatically accepted before > > the user has time to reply e.g. after at least a week to reply. > > Sometimes it feels like users except that there is an update at day 1. > > > > Br, > > > > Björn >
