On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM Otto Kekäläinen <o...@debian.org> wrote: > > 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. >
Accordingly! :) -- Cheers, Leandro Cunha
