Hi, On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 17:40 -0800, Matt Ettus wrote: > Karel, > > Every now and then you send out a burst of email messages all at once. > This time I think it was 33. I realize that you are trying to follow > good netiquette and keep to the rule of having one subject per > message, which is helpful for searching threads in the archive. > However, dealing with 33 messages plus all of their responses can > become a bit time consuming for those of us on the list, not to > mention those who have to generate all those responses. It is with > this in mind that I have the following suggestion for you: > You wouldn't have to deal with them at all. Most of them are bugreports. They actually belong into a bug tracking system, where they are noted, people can assign them, one can easily organize it. etc. I don't know why you don't have one, but I think it would be a big help. If you don't have time/serverspace/knowledge/whatever, I can help you set one up. lucas > Why don't you try to group your messages by category, and send one > message per category with all of the items in it. This will reduce > the traffic load and still allow for good threading. Here are some > categories I would suggest. I think they will cover 99% of your > messages. > > 1 - Questions which are answered in the FAQ, the wiki, the > documentation, or in the list archives. > > 2 - Requests for features or settings which already exist. > > 3 - Bug reports for nonexistent bugs. > > 4 - Previously denied requests. > > 5 - Miscellaneous insults and snide remarks. > > I was also going to suggest a sixth category, > > 6 - Patches, code, documentation, and/or help for other users. > > but I don't think I've ever seen you send messages which would fall > into that category. Anyway, I hope you find my suggestions helpful. > > While I'm at it, I'd like to once again thank all the developers of > the programs discussed on this mailing list. I have built a business > around products which I developed using those tools. They're not > perfect but they make my life much easier. I owe you all a lot, so > let me know when you're in the SF Bay Area so I can buy you dinner. > > Thanks, > Matt >
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