Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-09-03 Thread John Harris
On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 5:38:28 PM MST Gerald B. Cox wrote: > You again mention that they are "exactly the same" and then mention their > differences. If you want to use your storage space duplicating mailing > list archives, have at it - not everybody wants to do that. Again, one is > acti

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-09-03 Thread Gerald B. Cox
You again mention that they are "exactly the same" and then mention their differences. If you want to use your storage space duplicating mailing list archives, have at it - not everybody wants to do that. Again, one is active the other is passive. On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 9:34 PM John Harris wrot

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-09-02 Thread John Harris
On Sunday, September 1, 2019 6:22:04 AM MST Gerald B. Cox wrote: > John you're comparing apples and oranges. One is active the other is > passive. One uses your space allocation the other doesn't. Sorry, what? What space allocation? If you're talking about emails, my Maildir hasn't reached a si

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-09-01 Thread Gerald B. Cox
John you're comparing apples and oranges. One is active the other is passive. One uses your space allocation the other doesn't. On Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 19:07 John Harris wrote: > On Friday, August 30, 2019 5:40:22 AM MST Gerald B. Cox wrote: > > You just explained exactly why it was different...

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-31 Thread John Harris
On Friday, August 30, 2019 5:40:22 AM MST Gerald B. Cox wrote: > You just explained exactly why it was different ;-) I'm sorry if you believe that to be the case, but it is not. I explained that you can mute on both platforms, if you choose to do so. -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity https

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-30 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 06:27:56PM +0200, Chris Peters wrote: > Maybe the code of conduct could politely nudge people towards *quality* > over quantity (so that voices don't get drowned and big threads aren't so > tiresome to keep up with) I don't think that's a job for the code of conduct. Howeve

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-30 Thread Gerald B. Cox
On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 6:55 AM Chris Peters wrote: > > PS I won't take this thread any further. The irony of a back and forth in > the back and forth thread doesn't escape me! > > That's hilarious and true. I was thinking the exact same thing... ___ d

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-30 Thread Gerald B. Cox
You just explained exactly why it was different ;-) On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 9:23 PM John Harris wrote: > On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 5:09:23 AM MST Gerald B. Cox wrote: > > It's somewhat ironic that Discourse would solve this issue. As I > > previously mentioned, I also don't like having

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-29 Thread John Harris
On Thursday, August 29, 2019 2:54:57 AM MST Chris Peters wrote: > PS I won't take this thread any further. The irony of a back and forth in > the back and forth thread doesn't escape me! I couldn't disagree with that any more!!! -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity https://splentity.com/ _

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-29 Thread Florian Weimer
* John Harris: > On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 9:27:56 AM MST Chris Peters wrote: >> Maybe the code of conduct could politely nudge people towards *quality* over >> quantity (so that voices don't get drowned and big threads aren't so >> tiresome to keep up with) > > Such a rule would make it very

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-29 Thread Chris Peters
Aug 29, 2019, 00:23 by joh...@splentity.com: > On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 9:27:56 AM MST Chris Peters wrote: > >> Maybe the code of conduct could politely nudge people towards *quality* over >> quantity (so that voices don't get drowned and big threads aren't so >> tiresome to keep up with) >>

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread Christopher
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 7:04 AM Danny Lee wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm new to the devel list and fedora in general, but i was wondering if > these kind of back and forths between a few people is a frequent > occurrence. I came to Fedora to volunteer what little spare time I have > to help the Fedor

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 9:27:56 AM MST Chris Peters wrote: > Maybe the code of conduct could politely nudge people towards *quality* over > quantity (so that voices don't get drowned and big threads aren't so > tiresome to keep up with) Such a rule would make it very difficult indeed to addr

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread John Harris
On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 5:09:23 AM MST Gerald B. Cox wrote: > It's somewhat ironic that Discourse would solve this issue. As I > previously mentioned, I also don't like having my inbox flooded with forum > threads that don't interest me. The mailing list solution requires you > setup filter

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2019-08-28 at 07:03 -0400, Danny Lee wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to the devel list and fedora in general, but i was wondering if > these kind of back and forths between a few people is a frequent > occurrence. I came to Fedora to volunteer what little spare time I have > to help the F

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread Chris Peters
Open debate is essential =) But sometimes threads get drowned by Excessive Participation (TM) from one or two people replying to every sub-thread and sub-sub-thread. Eg, "Fedora Workstation and disabled by default firewall" thread has 25+ people and 100+ replies, but a quarter of the replies ar

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread Tony Nelson
On 19-08-28 07:03:00, Danny Lee wrote: Hi all, I'm new to the devel list and fedora in general, but i was wondering if these kind of back and forths between a few people is a frequent occurrence.  I came to Fedora to volunteer what little spare time I have to help the Fedora project in some litt

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread Gerald B. Cox
It's somewhat ironic that Discourse would solve this issue. As I previously mentioned, I also don't like having my inbox flooded with forum threads that don't interest me. The mailing list solution requires you setup filters or continuously delete dozens of emails. Discourse however allows you t

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread Markus Larsson
On 28 August 2019 13:34:54 CEST, "Dan Čermák" wrote: >Hi Danni, > >Danny Lee writes: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm new to the devel list and fedora in general, but i was wondering >if >> these kind of back and forths between a few people is a frequent >> occurrence.  I came to Fedora to volunteer w

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread Dan Čermák
Hi Danni, Danny Lee writes: > Hi all, > > I'm new to the devel list and fedora in general, but i was wondering if > these kind of back and forths between a few people is a frequent > occurrence.  I came to Fedora to volunteer what little spare time I have > to help the Fedora project in some

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread Ankur Sinha
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 07:03:00 -0400, Danny Lee wrote: > Hi all, Hi Danny, Open discussion is encouraged in the community and we try not to limit the scope of these discussions. We always learn something new from each other. Moderation is only used when the Code of Conduct is not followed, which r

Re: Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread Ernestas Kulik
On Wed, 2019-08-28 at 07:03 -0400, Danny Lee wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to the devel list and fedora in general, but i was wondering > if > these kind of back and forths between a few people is a frequent > occurrence. I came to Fedora to volunteer what little spare time I > have > to help t

Debates/back and forths

2019-08-28 Thread Danny Lee
Hi all, I'm new to the devel list and fedora in general, but i was wondering if these kind of back and forths between a few people is a frequent occurrence.  I came to Fedora to volunteer what little spare time I have to help the Fedora project in some little ways. I don't feel that should in