What hijack/hijacking a thread means (was ... Re: python3-xlib lost in Debian)
Good explanation, changed subject to reflect that.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 03:26:12PM -0400, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> On 4/26/15, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hijacking threads won't get you many answers. I read this bnecause I was
> > interested in the booot logo quesition. I know nothjing about Python.
> >
> > Try reposting in a new thread about Python.
>
>
> This posted as a new thread in my inbox. OP's name was not familiar
> right offhand, but a quick search of my inbox shows it to POSSIBLY be
> a newcomer to Debian lists. My compassionate m/o (method of operation)
> in these cases is to presume a new user is not aware of how threads
> thread these days.. I sure wasn't, and I've been using computers and
> the Internet for 20 years.
>
> For the OP (original poster): Based on the response you received, I'm
> a-suming you possibly replied to a thread then maybe changed the
> subject line to ask your own unrelated question? If so, some email
> clients (software, etc) still consider that to be part of the old
> thread and will treat it as such. You have to start with a brand new,
> completely empty email if you're starting a topic that is not an
> intentional derivative of one currently being discussed....
>
> If you go to this page, you'll see what happened:
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/04/thrd3.html
>
> You have to page down until you find your thread. It's about 2/3's of
> the way down for me right now. What you'll see is your new thread is
> now permanently stored as a sub-thread, a continued thought of the
> boot logo thread when it appears you may have intended for your
> question to stand out by itself.
>
> How you would fix it would be to go ahead and start that new email
> then copy and paste all of your own original here into it.
>
> Hope that helps POSSIBLY explain why you received the response you
> did. If you already knew what happened, my apologies for a-suming you
> didn't. Perhaps this will still help some other Debian list newcomer
> now or in the Future. Good luck with your own Debian'ing!
>
> Cindy :)
>
> PS As to your question, I tried digging around when you first asked it
> but I didn't get real far. I did find python-xlib floating around out
> there:
>
> https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/python-xlib
>
> Go ahead and start your brand new email so you can ask your new
> question, and we can try going from there.. :)
>
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