From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E7zfS-00015O-Nm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:08:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7OI5fpt021366; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:05:41 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7OHxl12019537 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:59:48 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id x7so101035nzc for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:00:52 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=jdsQWvBmDGqokkSMGaeGOr0IgD95JG1NwHLE05rSMI0m0ZaeQv57i2xbXeVpAEqZdXZct9KH9SR4bBb+dzFPELACFy6EeoDAjR4ljK0+A4gcWZzR8SIya3q4Ki9W4seCRPJEKjShCpRGIaShgDDoabpjz+XHUqf7SAWf2AL3Yy8= Received: by 10.36.18.5 with SMTP id 5mr1481289nzr; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:00:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.7.13 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:00:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <558b73fb05082411003766ad24@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:00:52 -0400 From: Michael Crute To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why gentoo doesn't have long description? In-Reply-To: <430CAF84.4080107@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_161_2552288.1124906452594" References: <20050823112654.GA31003@lugmen.org.ar> <430C1848.7020609@gmail.com> <430C1B43.9040108@sdf-eu.org> <20050824110803.GA4532@lugmen.org.ar> <558b73fb050824070378013489@mail.gmail.com> <342e109050824075714b860b@mail.gmail.com> <20050824161916.5c8bfe2c@snowdrop.home> <558b73fb050824101419d113bc@mail.gmail.com> <430CAF84.4080107@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: e7e1a50d-6ac3-4c8c-a804-af17804fc95d X-Archives-Hash: ce223059e96a88a64e89110eb23549c1 ------=_Part_161_2552288.1124906452594 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 8/24/05, Matan Peled wrote: >=20 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 > Michael Crute wrote: > >> On 8/24/05, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:57:09 -0300 Daniel da Veiga > >> < danieldaveiga@gmail.com > wrote: > >>> You know bud, read some rules, be polite. > >> There are many who consider top posting to be just about the rudest=20 > >> thing you could possibly do on a mailing list. HTML email is worse, bu= t > >> not by much. >=20 > > > > Right... guess this is my cue to shamefacedly tuck my tail between my > > legs and go have a nice tasty crow sandwich. Sorry guys, I will be more > > polite next time. > > > > > > Also to clarify when I said metadata I was (mistakenly) talking about > > the "metadata" in the ebuilds. Again, my mistake.=20 >=20 > Ah, how ironic... Of course any reply to that message _HAD_ to be an HTML= =20 > email > (and a screwy one at that, with really weird quoting...) >=20 > - -- > [Name ] :: [Matan I. Peled ] > [Location ] :: [Israel ] > [Public Key] :: [0xD6F42CA5 ] > [Keyserver ] :: [keyserver.kjsl.com ] > encrypted/signed plain text preferred >=20 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----=20 > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) >=20 > iD8DBQFDDK+EA7Qvptb0LKURAt7XAJ4/cyJjmJbntB7GetIcJjaBk8ueJACggG8R > e+UJU0SKphcCU6t6MkzJ9nA=3D > =3DtnzR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >=20 >=20 Sigh... no indeed I did not use HTML with any kind of funky quoting. The=20 message is encoded as multipart/alternative. There is a plain text section= =20 and an HTML section. Configure your email client properly to read whichever= =20 you want. It's the way Gmail does it, I use Gmail, I am not going to turn= =20 off all the features in Gmail to appease the gods that be on this list so= =20 just lay off or go yell at the dozens of other people that commit these=20 "heinous" crimes every day on this list. For the love of Pete people stop hijacking threads to flame people. If you= =20 don't like what someone is doing tell them personally (or better yet ignore= =20 them), no need to reply to the list with your personal gripes. ------=3D_Part_2740_31876174.1124903688568 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3DISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline -Mike --=20 ________________________________ Michael E. Crute Software Developer SoftGroup Development Corporation Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware. "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" ------=_Part_161_2552288.1124906452594 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 8/24/05, Matan Peled <chaosite@gmail.com> wrote:
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Michael Crute wrote= :
>> On 8/24/05, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>>
>> On= Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:57:09 -0300 Daniel da Veiga
>> < danieldaveiga@gmail.com <mailto:danieldaveiga@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> You know = bud, read some rules, be polite.
>> There are many who consider to= p posting to be just about the rudest
>> thing you could possibly do on a mailing list. HTML email is w= orse, but
>> not by much.

> <off_topic>
> Ri= ght... guess this is my cue to shamefacedly tuck my tail between my
> legs and go have a nice tasty crow sandwich. Sorry guys, I will be mor= e
> polite next time.
> </off_topic>
>
> Also= to clarify when I said metadata I was (mistakenly) talking about
> t= he "metadata" in the ebuilds. Again, my mistake.

Ah, how ironic... Of course any reply to that message _HAD_ to be a= n HTML email
(and a screwy one at that, with really weird quoting...)
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[Location  ]&n= bsp;  ::  [Israel         =    ]
[Public Key]   ::  [0xD6F42CA5&n= bsp;       ]
[Keyserver ]  = ::  [keyserver.kjsl.com]
encrypted/signed  plain text  preferred

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Sigh.= .. no indeed I did not use HTML with any kind of funky quoting. The message is encoded as multipart/alternative. There is a plain text section and an HTML section. Configure your email client properly to read whichever you want. It's the way Gmail does it, I use Gmail, I am not going to turn off all the features in Gmail to appease the gods that be on this list so just lay off or go yell at the dozens of other people that commit these "heinous" crimes every day on this list.=

For the love of Pete people stop hijacking threads to flame people. If you don't like what someone is doing tell them personally (or better yet ignore them), no need to reply to the list with your personal gripes.

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-Mike

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Micha= el E. Crute
Software Developer
SoftGroup Development Corporation
<= br>Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware.
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