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 1STxxD-0006RG-LG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 May 2012 16:17:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC121E09A2; Mon, 14 May 2012 16:16:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.49.97]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCC3EE0771 for ; Mon, 14 May 2012 16:14:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ajglap.localdomain (ool-182de1a5.dyn.optonline.net [24.45.225.165]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.3/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q4EGEIPO012446 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 14 May 2012 12:14:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ajglap.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id 2157C70204; Mon, 14 May 2012 12:13:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Allan Gottlieb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails References: <4FAA2F0D.8080900@gmail.com> <4FAA595A.4040202@libertytrek.org> <20120510162012.74db0575@unet.univie.ac.at> <20120514021324.GA26071@badass.gateway.2wire.net> <335395246A21454687CDAE9ED74902EB@mic2> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 12:13:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <335395246A21454687CDAE9ED74902EB@mic2> (Michael Scherer's message of "Mon, 14 May 2012 17:26:44 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: 49fb68bc-470e-4bf6-a4a0-00dad5ad3d1e X-Archives-Hash: 59e136bbf615f65abfe8b8cd7f82eb6b On Mon, May 14 2012, 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. You have forgotten that gentoo-user is a valuable archive site. I keep many old msgs to use much later. At that point a top to bottom reading order is preferred. Moreover, those who are most helpful here all prefer bottom (or in-line) posting. If you shun the wishes of a majority of the group and a vast majority of the most-helpful users, you fate is not flames but "ignoredom". That seems to be a poor idea. Your call allan