On 16 August 2012 08:54, Jeremiah Dodds <jeremiah.dodds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thomas Rand <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> On 16 August 2012 06:53, Jeremiah Dodds <jeremiah.dodds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> I tend to prefer systems that provide mailing lists and forums as two >>> separate frontends to the same data. >>> >>> As far as ML noise goes, that's what killfiles and client-side filters >>> are for, no? People can (or at least should be able to) configure their >>> mailreaders to mute people or topics they want to mute. >>> >> >> >> this mailing list has only become a mess because people are intent on >> voicing the pointless opinions on systemd & it's creator which has >> forced the dev to unsubscribe due to the sheer pointlessness of the >> noise being created. >> >> ... >> >> (repeated "rabble" snipped) > > A: No one *forced* the dev to do anything. oh sorry was that a wrong word choice!!!!!!!(sorry repeated char) either way the dev has gone else where > B: If it's noise to you, kill or filter out the threads in your reader. how about the OP takes his argument to another place considering they are off topic & here to insight argument. The only on topic part was that systemd is coming to arch the rest is pointless noise which itself should have been else where. > C: Don't complain about the ML being a mess and then paste a paragraph's > worth of the same word. that was an attempt at humour sorry if you did not like it & if you do not like south park but it is true If it were my ML i would have deleted it & sent a msg to the op telling him why. This ML is for general support not a cacophony of opinions on something which at that point in time had not been decided upon which has resulted in this ML becoming a mess. Again sorry if you did not get my light hearted joke from south park but I thought it kinda summed up the situation. > > -- > Jeremiah Dodds > > blog : http://jdodds.github.com > github : https://github.com/jdodds > freenode : exhortatory > twitter : kaens -- Regards Thomas Rand