Hi! > Given the above four points, I propose the line from the code of conduct > quoted above be changed to read: > > “There is no expectation that emails sent to the mailing lists are wrapped by > the sender at a particular column, but those sending emails may wrap them if > they choose.” > > I like this wording because it does not prevent people from wrapping their > emails if they want. Although I think the superior options for the entire > ecosystem would be that no emails are wrapped by the sender, I can imagine > there are users who need to interact with other ecosystems which require > wrapped emails, and forcing them to switch their settings back and forth when > communicating with Debian would be inconsiderate. > > Therefore, I feel the above wording is fair for everyone.
I think this a reasonable suggestion by Soren. Alternatively, Charles suggestion to completely remove mentions of line wrapping requirement from the "Code of conduct" section at https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ would also work. All those docs and web pages are read by new people interested in contributing to Debian, and I am glad to see people reviewing, updating and cleaning them up. This thread about line wrapping also shows that there are many with two or more decades of experience in Debian, who have over the years formed their own highly optimized workflows and email client and text editor settings which diverge from what "mainstream" today considers easy or optimal. I am hugely grateful for people who have contributed to Debian for decades and I hope to see them continue to contribute for decades to come. At the same time I wonder how we can narrow the evident cultural gap between the Mutt user generation and newer web email generation users, which also manifests in other areas of workflow preferences as we have seen in discussions about email vs web interface for bug reports.
