From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 16 14:22:05 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A3433BD1A for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:22:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cknipe@savage.za.org) Received: from mail-yb1-xb30.google.com (mail-yb1-xb30.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b30]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49mVl03KPjz456G for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:22:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cknipe@savage.za.org) Received: by mail-yb1-xb30.google.com with SMTP id j202so10892303ybg.6 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:22:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=savage-za-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=ZikDdI/BlaCKOSqzB04RaqCsSRg+zmbobb7PEjKrnqU=; b=kveWZCBuEVnAQIzlBorEJb3dQA5waZ4Ws9bje5y1mYXe1zgifTxUbpOyW+pPQNfEn0 8iviEpXy9p/yfjfm6F4+YDa/5+t3U99eW2LyHXhCN00biov3La2TC67z4lYQ+vu7zdJj AI7HiMyeb6fCc/FVXx4qvtXtBpq6jqo56Ehfe5Efad9YbO1pbs+2NVxI9DnxP647Pdi4 hcnvgdq2NFnyASo6DR1fum+qL286DO7CpUsxMT4a5p6MJsTWrFLaEapuvNn+WEe7kDOZ Gctjt2Rxry8qXMpHVTVAT5f0GsuYl4/egJfEosCZUry4ti+1mK/Q2jnIz0QOfrmWo5h/ pK5w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ZikDdI/BlaCKOSqzB04RaqCsSRg+zmbobb7PEjKrnqU=; b=WDM9RPANUQaeZKzDVW655BCGndg9878JU6XkIM6TGyraSGzCtjkxWE+gHxGsmxzZiR NcVACDEgE5ElK+I5EdWJj2N+Z6yTjGxypowxoEpuP/2EzHjqH6adof7du044K01r8dSj o7kePg4baFvzQDg274YZ1SGgg4J7eiXWwTt92viJ0OPFucuucLwrPbvCXjeJtVO8IVUV DeMsQG0c1u7RYadd6diCJOOZf6BmvFjqnYxTjhFs+WHoMg3aJ5yJEEP31VIrv13ohmyu OlslfwcX3q2nSQh/zdmN2cv2a1sHoeoGj8bg2B9VVyLmAeSm1X/RFJ9iJ5LX5Lf/p6BN rVuQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533gyhgOPT8VACjDqMrTHgEUO+GynY2ozTMXrsYGm4IWosS2wW4Q MidKnIqE/uLVzNd2djIdNXspDqVjLx5zeg/5zwaEFQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxHLta46gWfIRYhiHOOagxL0PGSvbxsTjROvVVp2H2beBKhvGMAStbvpnJcdhvxK9rlFZg1pu/qUnYGyTJaxY8= X-Received: by 2002:a25:d755:: with SMTP id o82mr4203236ybg.166.1592317323208; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:22:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200613154409.GA89618@neutralgood.org> <13115.1592302784@segfault.tristatelogic.com> <20200616071153.00006f4d@seibercom.net> <20200616075548.000066f1@seibercom.net> <20200616140416.bd7b8bf2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200616142043.7d599458.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200616144141.6203d978e9bd43418b17dcbc@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: From: Chris Knipe Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:21:52 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Mailing List Etiquette was freebsd vs. netbsd To: Aryeh Friedman Cc: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" , Polytropon , FreeBSD - X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49mVl03KPjz456G X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=savage-za-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.s=20150623 header.b=kveWZCBu; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of cknipe@savage.za.org designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::b30 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=cknipe@savage.za.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.67 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[savage-za-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com:s=20150623]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.03)[-1.032]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.986]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[savage.za.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[savage-za-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com:+]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::b30:from]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.05)[0.047]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[savage@savage.za.org,cknipe@savage.za.org]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[savage@savage.za.org,cknipe@savage.za.org]; SUSPICIOUS_RECIPS(1.50)[] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.33 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:22:05 -0000 On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 4:06 PM Aryeh Friedman wrote: > Simple - don't email it. If you do, attach it as an attachment (MIME is >> there for a reason)... >> >> There's GIT / CVS / Take your pick for a reason... :-) >> > > If you don't like email then you should not be using FreeBSD because for > better or worse the community has standardized on email as the primary tech > support venue and thus absolutely needs to have something that can be used > to give tech support (including 100% accurate cut and pasting). > And again - there's absolutely -nothing- wrong with that at all, I never said that there was... Millions of companies provide support to millions of users every day using email... That being said, I get a 80 character plain text email from a company as "support," I deem that as unprofessional, and the email will more than likely just be deleted. We live in modern times, unfortunately. Presentation matters, whether you like it or not. Cut & paste from the attachment, then you won't have any formatting issues from any MUAs, but I guess it's too much effort to open the attachment. There's plenty of solutions (UUEncode/BASE64, as you so nicely put it, has also been trialed and tested over many, many years, just FYI - it also has the benefit of < 80 characters wide), 80x25 is not one of them, and whether you like it or not, you will -never- get the world to adhere to a 80 (or 74 or whatever) character wide email. The world has moved on, deal with it. The fact is, you should be committing your code to a repository, and checking said code out of said repository when you need it. In an open source environment, said code is also publicly viewable using any half decent web browser (I guess GITHUB is also doing it wrong?) No, code should not be shared via email - and if you do then so be it - your choice, not a requirement. You don't need to email the code, all you can do is email a URL to your commit / diff... Again, too much effort to open a URL right? I forgot that in the old days without GUIs, we couldn't even double click. I guess you still can't today. Again, it's the minority that is sharing code via email... In fact, I would say very, very, very little people do it. Oh - and I love email.... Never said I didn't. -- Regards, Chris Knipe