Re: Worse then useless replies (was Re: Use 'apt-get dist-upgrade'.)
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:14:40 -0500
Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 10:08:29AM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> > On 3/7/07, pinniped <cirilo_bernardo@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Use 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. Even this will not necessarily be successful
> > on the first pass and you may have to run it up to 3 times.
> >
> >
> > Top posting is frowned on here because it tends to mangle context. But so much
> > worse is deleting everything you're replying to AND changing the Subject to
> > boot, which doesn't just mangle context but removes it entirely. While your
> > replies MIGHT be helpful to the specific poster to whom you're replying (and
> > even that's iffy, given how you routinely change the Subject), they are no use
> > at all in the archive.
> >
> > So, please, keep some context and only change the Subject if you're actually
> > changing the subject (in which case you should really start a new thread).
> >
> > Just trying to help you to be helpful,
> > Patrick
> it seem more than a few of us regulars have tried to be 'helpful' and
> he/she seems to think this mail list reply method _is_ helpful. Not much
> more we can do.
He is also somewhat of a regular and actually fairly helpful; I don't
argue, though, that he would be even more helpful if he gave context.
Celejar
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