From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Package file lists archive
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:29:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53A185E7.2030100@cygwin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAXzdLVAp_rKLNravSrH81-Kx12TXq2VwwWNcDdxRQxe7Eoc8Q@mail.gmail.com>
On 06/18/2014 02:53 AM, Steven Penny wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> Your idea of "constructive" is apparently flawed.
>
> This is an interesting comment, taking in that your response ignores the
> original question and focuses on off topic quibbling. I will pose your viewpoint
> and my question again
I also find it interesting that you dismiss your "off topic quibbling"
since you were the one that was feeding the fire while Chris was
on vacation last week.
> Do you have an explanation for this opinion, or citations as to why this is a
> bad idea, taking into account that major Linux distros are already using this
> very method?
If this was the question you wanted to ask originally, this is all you
needed to add to the thread.
--
Larry
_____________________________________________________________________
A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-18 12:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-26 5:01 Steven Penny
2014-05-26 21:22 ` Christopher Faylor
2014-05-27 9:46 ` Steven Penny
2014-05-27 22:17 ` Christopher Faylor
2014-06-09 10:45 ` Steven Penny
2014-06-12 3:13 ` Steven Penny
2014-06-12 15:44 ` PolarStorm
2014-06-09 15:17 ` Warren Young
2014-06-09 16:17 ` Steven Penny
2014-06-17 14:29 ` Christopher Faylor
2014-06-18 4:29 ` Steven Penny
2014-06-18 6:18 ` Christopher Faylor
2014-06-18 6:53 ` Steven Penny
2014-06-18 12:29 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) [this message]
2014-06-18 14:24 ` Steven Penny
2014-06-18 15:23 ` Christopher Faylor
2014-08-03 21:07 ` Steven Penny
2014-08-04 3:01 ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2014-08-04 3:38 ` Steven Penny
2014-08-07 17:38 ` Steven Penny
2014-08-07 17:49 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2014-08-07 21:04 ` Steven Penny
2014-08-07 21:42 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2014-08-08 1:05 ` Andrey Repin
2014-08-08 1:30 ` Steven Penny
2014-08-08 2:05 ` Andrey Repin
2014-08-08 2:13 ` Steven Penny
2014-08-08 3:21 ` Steven Penny
2014-08-08 3:33 ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2014-08-08 3:59 ` Steven Penny
2014-08-08 4:55 ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2014-06-18 15:22 ` Christopher Faylor
2014-06-12 21:58 ` Steven Penny
2014-06-17 14:27 ` Christopher Faylor
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