From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1STxPi-0001F8-0x for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 May 2012 15:42:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73414E0979; Mon, 14 May 2012 15:42:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07281E0828 for ; Mon, 14 May 2012 15:40:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjk13 with SMTP id jk13so4504480bkc.40 for ; Mon, 14 May 2012 08:40:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=2oBQBRyhiqtF33WYOl54Qx6t7w0a2cUSTEbJvWeBSlg=; b=hyRtecGFyS9GWGqsDVHHC4RIQIoHYQmnBxmHN15ykwHG2S0yNGFwEpQ4eFhnvRDTv6 TfVVUH695JTIOhxaa75zpWwf42oSyt0PNFKabjl3bME6XPUz7rNAuTH+WAcA3h1uJ+7d NC+NtB9ZM9fIV2jd5m0YHyZmgD7+Tg/WuLsF9btGi/aaNhQ3LNKevWZDa8cvp7HZElir HDXZ5z4oTUKI6ek5vifW3lGhTcIAwKMYccuWRSzsan3oElUMgk1GgPF53MYAxIvCdCdF mWrB3LdFz+DUuJ5em2jihNqs+NeRQS1wJGrjwCYBcZobV41H1k9rlcZ34bW1D6Ca6E4i H5eQ== Received: by 10.205.139.81 with SMTP id iv17mr3247337bkc.118.1337010015153; Mon, 14 May 2012 08:40:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khamul.example.com (dustpuppy.is.co.za. [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n17sm35668285bkw.5.2012.05.14.08.40.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 14 May 2012 08:40:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 17:37:23 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails Message-ID: <20120514173723.5d5c231e@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <335395246A21454687CDAE9ED74902EB@mic2> References: <4FAA2F0D.8080900@gmail.com> <4FAA595A.4040202@libertytrek.org> <20120510162012.74db0575@unet.univie.ac.at> <20120514021324.GA26071@badass.gateway.2wire.net> <335395246A21454687CDAE9ED74902EB@mic2> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 47755760-f92d-4a34-8deb-7423640c341c X-Archives-Hash: f31a7743ac524f3c3e62b780c054117e On Mon, 14 May 2012 17:26:44 +0200 "Michael Scherer" wrote: > in my opinion it isn't. with top posting I see the newest message > immidiately, while otherwise I need page through sometimes > huge amounts of mostly obsolete comments. > where it's possible, I put my messages on top, and I've found > more than once forum-rules that require or at least recommend > top posting. > but I garantee that I will get flames, why I do this and urge me > to change my habits. > obviously this is an ingrained habit on gentoo-users, but from > now on I'm going follow my habits and damn the flames. That is rather rude and completely ignores the stated preference of many other people who were here before you. They set the de-facto standard, not you. You are running the risk of being plonked which strikes me as being silly. You post here to get good answers, not to be ignored. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com