| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Francisco Olarte <folarte(at)peoplecall(dot)com>, Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Top posting.... |
| Date: | 2017-05-14 01:48:55 |
| Message-ID: | 20170514014855.GC808@momjian.us |
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On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 01:43:52PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Absolutely. The point of quoting previous messages is not to replicate
> the entire thread in each message; we have archives for that. The point
> is to *briefly* remind readers what it is that you're responding to.
> If you can't be brief, you are disrespecting your readers by wasting their
> time. They've probably already read the earlier part of the thread anyway.
Totally agree, and I am seeing non-trimmed bottom posts more often on
the hackers list than I used to. I am thinking someone needs to start a
hackers thread about that.
Amen to the usability of the archives with no thread breaks --- I am
sure that was not easy.
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