Re: ?????
Didier Verna <verna(a)inf.enst.fr> writes:
It doesn't contain the simplest reference to the message that
produced the error. Not even a reminder of the subject line or
something.
OK, now we at least have something to work with. I'll ask Kyle to
include such references in the message.
> > I'm a member of this list, and I know
`wonderworks', so it's
> > ok. However, I honestly think that if I were an occasionnal patch
> > sender, receiving back this kind of /very friendly/ message would
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ JIC, that was ironic.
I know.
> > probably discourage me from contributing anymore :-/
>
> Now I don't understand what you're talking about. Did you have a
> bad day, or am I missing something really basic?
No I didn't have a bad day. I just hate anonymity. This message is
indeed very polite, but you can perfectly tell somebody to get lost
with very polite terms. To me, the sentence "if your message doesn't
contain a patch, it will be discarded" sounds like politely telling
the guy that we don't give a damn to what he says appart from diff
-u.
Didier, for heaven's sake! Just *how* did you get this impression?
When one is posting to a patches-only no-discussion mailing list, why
should it be so strange that the robot moderator rejects the message?
In the first incarnation, the robot would reject the message with _no_
feedback. This is much better, so we *do* give a damn what he says
apart from diff -u.
There could be a more friendly message instead, like "This list
is
for patches only. If your message contains a bug report or general
comments on xemacs, please try xemacs-beta", but not just "You
lost. Try again."
I'll ask Kyle to implement this.
There might be a cultural difference here. Maybe it's the
frogs. Maybe it's just me. Oh well, maybe I'm having a bad day,
after all :-)
I vote for bad day. :-)
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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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* Q: What is an experienced Emacs user?
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