From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5828913877A for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:49:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C7344E087F; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:49:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f174.google.com (mail-we0-f174.google.com [74.125.82.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0690E079C for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:49:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f174.google.com with SMTP id u57so8775645wes.33 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:49:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lGGBiI3A7KDQPqzOp6k5+haePVFYH0vQIpm1u49T8uE=; b=GWETSRxoqPc40y8Mt5xsBx+TwE3DfAy9iNeAbp+ITDa0S5mh16Qb1jh6s4ejWvLjMp 7RGpXHD/0lPxcRR5GQNs+dmZKLqpHHVNEanPNUTgMzdpBS4Hw8iXmkMruJSmXLKwCZEV Aa85Vup0Ty8xjajqWbZJdDLThMU2ZVfwjElnTeabAvFkBV0W3cgVJoUt0w/Gt9M1S2Oh uQBzArO1GgjZoXiEFW+vMxInvRP38U3278I+wvmkptVVCwavU9YavT4dPUYCgBEPLE1U i+ondPFL4b2uHgxbGWxShMr67OQM5hwVReV9dgc5HroFHknGgnZLFne/4eAOTZqSrvqo nF/w== X-Received: by 10.180.90.132 with SMTP id bw4mr17443271wib.42.1404985777027; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:49:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.40] ([41.85.145.17]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id de5sm29821599wib.18.2014.07.10.02.49.35 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:49:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53BE617F.6030609@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:48:47 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: media-gfx/blender-2.71 dependencies References: <20140709051404.GA3308@macro.home.gateway> <755C16BF-3AC1-4A73-A771-9BAE929C87DC@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <53BDA0DB.9010708@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5ea6ff48-6dba-4125-ac75-246b59a9a673 X-Archives-Hash: a7611921ce8b3ab24dc6092d1bbaa112 On 09/07/2014 22:48, James wrote: > Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > >> >> On 09/07/2014 18:44, James wrote: >>> Stroller stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes: >>> >>> >>>> Please don't use pastebin sites - if your output is too long to copy and >>> paste into the body of the message, >>>> then please attach it as a plain text file. If you name it output.txt then >>> most people, with GUI mail >>>> clients, will be able to read it just by double-clicking. >>> >>>> Most pastebin services expire old pastes periodically (not to mention that >>> pastebin services are hardly >>>> profitable, and close down all the time) whereas these mailing list >>> messages are archived in multiple >>>> places and are referenced for years. >>> >>>> If you attach these files as plain text then they'll be archived, useful >>> to other people with the same >>>> problem in the future. >>> >>> I'll agree, this is excellent advise. However, I use game.org to read >>> and post to gentoo-user. So how do you attached a txt file to >>> those postings via gmane? Options to get the txt file attachemnent into the >>> proper record? >> >> gentoo-user is a mailing list. It receives mail to the list address and >> forwards them on to all subscribers. It's all done by mail. >> >> Now someone has built an email<->web_thingy gateway. It is deficient by >> design and as you point out doesn't do big posts AT ALL. >> >> That's too bad, but you chose that option and now you must deal with >> it's deficiencies and shortcomings. >> >> Sorry for the tone but that really is how it is. > > What tone? You call that "tone" ? You're slipping..... been to > too many 'team' meetings lately? > > Agreeded; just pointing it out. I find gmane too useful so > I tend to prune and post succinctly. Rarely do I need to put > up a big long post. But I do read and snip before posting; > so my approach is a valid as any..... focus, snip and post goes > a long way, but it does require some reading and editing skills, > just to set the record straight. Noobs can follow who they like, > as they like, when they like.... > > When needed I just use an nntp font end...... (oh, had my own > solution already?) tricky; precious; tricky........ > > You're slipping, you old_fart ? Not so much slipping, more like new job, new employer. It used to go like this: Q: Alan, can I ... ? A: No. Because I said so. Now piss off. I don't have quite the same street credd here yet, so now it's more like: Q: Alan, can I ... ? A: I don't recommend that because ... > > > James > > > > > > > > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com