On Sat, 30 Jul 2011, Cliff Pratt wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: Cliff Pratt <enkiduonthenet at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Adding the [SOLVED] Tag to break threads -- multiple > factors > > 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? Of course you can - just tag it as [SOLVED] - LOL! ;) Keith ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------