Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 23 aug 12, 09:14:18, Mike McClain wrote: > Hi Andrei, > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 09:13:52AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > You can always subscribe to the relevant bug (too lazy to look up the > > number for you). > > Educate me please, how do you subscribe to a bug? http://www.de

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-23 Thread Mike McClain
Hi Andrei, On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 09:13:52AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > You can always subscribe to the relevant bug (too lazy to look up the > number for you). Educate me please, how do you subscribe to a bug? Thanks, Mike -- Satisfied user of Linux since 1997. O< ascii ribbon campaign

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-23 Thread Gary Roach
On 08/22/2012 02:16 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Gary Roach wrote: OK, OK I'm convinced. I'll stay with the normal list. :-) I just needed to get used to the difference. I am so very used to seeing threaded message discussions that not having those would drive me crazy. I

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-23 Thread Mike McClain
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 03:16:01PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > I have come to the conclusion that humans are intrinsically bad at > communication. Apparently it isn't common sense. Apparently it does > actually require the person to put some effort into learning how to > interact with others.

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 22 aug 12, 15:16:01, Bob Proulx wrote: > > For me it means that I need to verify that I got the message by the > mailing list too (which always comes later so I usually ignore it for > a while first) and that it wasn't a reply only to me. So I can't just > ignore them. I have to spend eff

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 23 aug 12, 00:46:41, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > I would like to use digest too, if digest isn't broken anymore, please > inform me. If I should reply using a digest and something is technical > broken (not regarding to the content of my idiotic messages ;), then > inform me too. You can alway

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 15:16 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > I hope that this is the correct way to reply. I don't want to > > clutter up Ralf's normal in box with debian messages. > > It looks okay to me. I see no fault with it. Absolutely ok for me! No fault for me either. Some list members take c

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 15:04 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Mike McClain wrote: > > Since the digest is broken and the maintainer wouldn't even answer my > > messages I no longer subscribe but will go back to it when I hear it's > > fixed. > > Even though I campaign against digests I think it is la

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-22 Thread Bob Proulx
Gary Roach wrote: > OK, OK > I'm convinced. I'll stay with the normal list. :-) > I just needed to get used to the difference. I am so very used to seeing threaded message discussions that not having those would drive me crazy. > I quit the digest because it broke for me. > This form takes a li

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-22 Thread Bob Proulx
Mike McClain wrote: > Since the digest is broken and the maintainer wouldn't even answer my > messages I no longer subscribe but will go back to it when I hear it's > fixed. Even though I campaign against digests I think it is lamentable that it is broken. I know there have been attempts to r

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-22 Thread Mike McClain
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 04:59:58PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Mike McClain wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > People using digests usually don't know how to reply using them and > > > cause a lot of problems. Please don't be the source of problems. > > > Using a digested mailing list is hard! You

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-22 Thread Gary Roach
On 08/21/2012 11:26 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 13:51 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Camaleón wrote: Gary Roach wrote: I'm presently using the standard form of this mailing list and wish to change to the digest form. If you want to post replies, I woul

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
People accustomed to a GUI can use Evolution. It's possible to reply to the individual mails inside Debian's digest. Mailman's digest is another issue, not relevant for this list. Regards, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 13:51 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > > Gary Roach wrote: > > > I'm presently using the standard form of this mailing list and wish to > > > change to the digest form. > > > > If you want to post replies, I wouldn't do it :-/ > > Agreed strongly! Please do not

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Mike McClain wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > People using digests usually don't know how to reply using them and > > cause a lot of problems. Please don't be the source of problems. > > Using a digested mailing list is hard! You need special tools in > > order to burst the digest to read and reply

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-21 Thread Mike McClain
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 01:51:27PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > People using digests usually don't know how to reply using them and > cause a lot of problems. Please don't be the source of problems. > Using a digested mailing list is hard! You need special tools in > order to burst the digest

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Camaleón wrote: > Gary Roach wrote: > > I'm presently using the standard form of this mailing list and wish to > > change to the digest form. > > If you want to post replies, I wouldn't do it :-/ Agreed strongly! Please do not post replies from a digest. > > Can I just re-subscribe to the dige

Re: Changing to digest form

2012-08-17 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:39:04 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I'm presently using the standard form of this mailing list and wish to > change to the digest form. If you want to post replies, I wouldn't do it :-/ > Can I just re-subscribe to the digest form or do I have to unsubscribe > from the stand