On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Jake Shipton <crazylinuxnerd at gmx.com> wrote: > On 07/29/2011 12:48 PM, Thomas Harold wrote: >> Heck, I'd settle for people coming back to a "problem / issue" thread >> and updating on how or what the actual problem was or what they did to >> get the thing to work properly. >> >> So often you'll see a thread talking about trying X, Y & Z, then the >> person having the problem never responds back as to whether X, Y or Z >> worked. Which is especially troublesome a year or two later when you're >> digging through threads in GMane trying to find a solution to a >> particular issue. >> >> (Pet peeve of the day -- dead end threads on mail lists.) > Couldn't Agree more. > Sheesh! I'm sorry that my action of adding [Solved] to the subject has stirred up such a can of worms. I initially thought that the person who contacted me off-line was being prissy. I can now see that strong opinions are held on both sides of the debate, but it is definitely off-topic, I believe (subject to correction by the owners of the list, of course). Please can we drop it? Cheers, Cliff