Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:10:21 +0200 (CEST) | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: Move of input drivers, some word needed from you |
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > > On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote: > > > > > Was it entirely necessary to post an 800k patch to 2 mailing > > > lists of which I'm on both? It could have at least been gzipped, > > > or better yet put on a web site with a URL. With an address like > > > @caldera.de, I would assume you'd have a good idea of technical > > > know how and such. I'm assuming thus that it was an > > > accident. So please just be more careful in the future. Large > > > patches should generally never get posted to lists. Those that > > > want them will go get them from the web somewhere or FTP. > > > > Wrong.. patches should be posted/digested by list recipients. If > > subscribers can't be bothered to read patches, they should reconsider > > their initial application for acceptance to this list. I'll happily > > de-uuencode gunzip and whatever, but I _don't like_ to have to chase > > it down to see it. Please post patches.. _not_ URL's. > > I'd wager most people on this list do not have broadband access to the > internet. Downloading large attachments takes time and in some cases > (especially for people outside the US) money. The normal traffic on > this list is large enough already without large attachments. If someone > is interested enough in a patch they will download it from a URL.
I don't have a high bandwidth connection either. I still _very much_ prefer a large patch to an URL. Once it's loaded, (I'm patient) it can sit and wait to be read/re-read. I'm a busy little penguin.. if I have to go get it, I probably won't (unless it's really important) simply because I have so many things I want to do that hours run out.
wrt money: I live in Germany!!.. and I still prefer to load the patch. Heck, most of the time, there's more generic noise than patches by far.
:) send lotsa [mondo] patches. I _love_ patches.. especially the kind it hurts to read.
-Mike
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