Re: "thanks" messages on mailing lists/bug reports

2014-06-28 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Freitag, den 27.06.2014, 15:45 +0200 schrieb Sven Bartscher: > I recently started contributing to debian. > Before that, most of my writing with people I don't know personally > through the internet was on Stack Exchange. > On Stack Exchange, messages that only consist of thanking people or

Re: "thanks" messages on mailing lists/bug reports

2014-06-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 03:41:50PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:45:21 +0200 > Sven Bartscher wrote: > > > Greetings everyone, > > > > I recently started contributing to debian. > > Before that, most of my writing with people I don't know personally > > through the interne

Re: "thanks" messages on mailing lists/bug reports

2014-06-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 27 iun 14, 15:45:21, Sven Bartscher wrote: > Greetings everyone, > > I recently started contributing to debian. > Before that, most of my writing with people I don't know personally > through the internet was on Stack Exchange. > On Stack Exchange, messages that only consist of thanking peo

Re: "thanks" messages on mailing lists/bug reports

2014-06-27 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014, Sven Bartscher wrote: > This in mind I'm very unsure if I should write messages like that to > someone or if I should avoid them (to not annoy anyone with them), on > Debian mailing lists or bug reports. I think it's nice to hear and give appreciation; doing so privately is al

Re: "thanks" messages on mailing lists/bug reports

2014-06-27 Thread Neil Williams
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:45:21 +0200 Sven Bartscher wrote: > Greetings everyone, > > I recently started contributing to debian. > Before that, most of my writing with people I don't know personally > through the internet was on Stack Exchange. > On Stack Exchange, messages that only consist of tha

"thanks" messages on mailing lists/bug reports

2014-06-27 Thread Sven Bartscher
Greetings everyone, I recently started contributing to debian. Before that, most of my writing with people I don't know personally through the internet was on Stack Exchange. On Stack Exchange, messages that only consist of thanking people or agreement are not considered helpful. This in mind I'm