List guidelines and respecting threads (was Re: udisks2: "Error updating SMART data")

[jdow]

PLBLPBLTLTPBTLT! You're polluting the list worse than the people you
are complaining about.

{+_+}

On 2012/08/08 13:17, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 08:42:37AM -0700, Richard Vickery wrote:
>> sometimes - rarely, but often enough - you only respond when there is
>> sufficient noise
>>
>
> Two requests:
>
> 1. Please do not top post.  I have noticed that a few of the new members
>     tend to ignore this simple list guideline.  It makes it difficult to
>     follow the thread.
>
> 2. You have realise this list is a volunteer effort.  So a thread gets
>     attention only if some member knows he/she can help, relates to the
>     problem because they have faced it personally or takes interest in
>     those matters.  Often a thread stays unanswered for weeks and then an
>     interested comes along with an answer.  Sometimes there are no
>     answers at all!  As an example for the later you can take a look at
>     this:
>     <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general/418517>
>
>     What I'm getting at is: posting to the list does not guarantee a
>     solution.  This is the nature of a volunteer effort, and all of us
>     live with that.  If you feel a thread deserves more attention, the
>     proper way to garner more attention is to post to the same thread
>     with any updates you might have from your searches; if there are no
>     updates, then you can just mention you are still stuck (as I did in
>     the above example).
>
> I believe Tim was also trying to point this out.  I hope this clears up
> any misunderstanding you might have had.
>
> Cheers,
>