Re: migrations (was Re: To all who wish to unsubscribe)
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 11:46:42AM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > On 11/21/2017 11:42 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > I am not sure if that is sarcasm but I think the reason is pretty self > > explanatory. -Hackers have all the people that understand how all this > > works, -general has all the people that don't. > > rotfl, and ain't that the truth. I know it's enjoyable to make fun of one's users -- those of us who make the DNS happen have apparently made a career of it -- but I don't think it's fair or likely to endear the database system I love to those who might be coming from, say, the database system that employs me. I am pretty sure I know as much about mail processing as most of the people who were involved in this change. I apparently missed an important announcement; that hardly surprises me given the volume of mail I read, and I am pleased to have been corrected (and apologised accordingly). But pointing and laughing at your users and suggesting that they are ignorant rubes is what causes people to turn their backs. I am not going to apologise for being offended by that. It's a nasty thing to do on a -general list. Best regards, A -- Andrew Sullivan a...@crankycanuck.ca
migrations (was Re: To all who wish to unsubscribe)
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 08:40:08PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > Which is why the extra email was sent *after* the migration, to make sure > it would be the first one *not* hitting peoples filters, and thus have a > chance of being read even if the others weren't. That surely didn't work, since the relevant people received that mail after the migration had happened. > So do you have any suggestions for actually fixing that? Given that we have > more lists to migrate, if you can figure out a way to make those changes > without peoples filters not matching, we'd be happy to hear it.. I don't have an answer for that, but I will note that if this migration was announced weeks in advance I certainly missed it. I admit I was busy, but I can't find it in the mail I didn't read yet, either. Maybe a two week heads up that some time in the future the mail is going to change (the same announcement as was sent) would help? A -- Andrew Sullivan a...@anvilwalrusden.com
