[ Derek Martin Wrote On Fri 30.Nov'12 at 17:17:22 GMT ] > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 03:23:58PM +0000, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > > There could be any number of reasons why someone might > > not compose a perfect message: there could be learning difficulties, > > some other physical impairment, someone very young and new to the > > concept of technical mailing lists, etc. > > And what you generally see, INCLUDING in the case which generated this > thread, is a great deal of tolerance from the community for such things, > followed by polite requests to "please follow the local custom." What > you saw in this thread, after that polite request, was the violent > reaction to responses that essentially amounted to "screw the > convention, I wanna do it my way."
That's unfair. I do not believe I have written anything that amounted to "screw the convention" as you put it. I have written that I agree with the convention and have changed my line-wrapping to conform so people can read my messages more easily. My point was simple - why get so upset and send unnecessary and overly critical responses over something which is really just a mistake, on my part. I didn't wrap my lines to 72 comlumns, i'm sorry about that, I will wrap my lines appropriately from now on and do my best to ensure other formatting conventions are adhered to. Long lines != the end of the world. Simple as that.
