* cruise <cruise at casual-tempest.net> [2006-05-04 09:12:55]: > Actually, it seems to me the consensus is "It isn't hurting me to have it." > > Which isn't the point at all - would it hurt me to /not/ have it is the > question - since it's presence could well be affecting others. > > Assuming the tagging is the default, and trying to find reasons not to > is the wrong direction. Can anyone suggest a good reason to actually > have it?
Not changing working/proved things ? :) I don't see any good reason to have it, but I do see reasons to KEEP it :p a lazy sysadmin called NextGen$ > > Thus spake Ian Clarke... > >Ok, I guess the consensus is that we shouldn't change. > > > >Ian. > > > >On 5/3/06, Florent Daigni?re (NextGen$) <nextgens at freenetproject.org> > >wrote: > >>* Ian Clarke <ian at locut.us> [2006-05-03 16:38:25]: > >> > >>> The point is that there is no point. They take up space without > >>> serving any useful purpose. This is a particular problem for those > >>> with limited-width mail readers such as Mutt or Pine. > >>> > >>> Ian. > >>> > >> > >>I'm using mutt and honestly don't mind/haven't seen any problem. > >> > >>NextGen$ > >> > >> > >>> On 3 May 2006, at 16:17, John C.C.White wrote: > >>> > >>> >OK. I'll disagree: > >>> > > >>> >- the list is low-volume > >>> >- Subject: headers rarely overflow my (entirely reasonable) space > >>> >allocated > >>> >- I haven't seen any bogus [freenet-devl] messages (yet). > >>> > > >>> >Really, what's the point/need? > >>> > > >>> >-John- > >>> > > >>> >On May 3, 2006, at 6:47 PM, Ian Clarke wrote: > >>> > > >>> >>This makes a pretty persuasive argument for ditching the [freenet- > >>> >>devl] subject tags on mailing list emails: > >>> >> > >>> >> http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/qralston/writing/tagging-harmful/ > >>> >> > >>> >>If nobody can come up with a good argument against this, I suggest > >>> >>we follow its advice and remove the Subject tags. > >>> >> > >>> >>Ian. > >>> >>_______________________________________________ > >>> >>Devl mailing list > >>> >>Devl at freenetproject.org > >>> >>http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > >>> > > >>> >_______________________________________________ > >>> >Devl mailing list > >>> >Devl at freenetproject.org > >>> >http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > >>> > > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Devl mailing list > >>> Devl at freenetproject.org > >>> http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Devl mailing list > >>Devl at freenetproject.org > >>http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > >> > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >Devl mailing list > >Devl at freenetproject.org > >http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20060504/92054534/attachment.pgp>
