Re: [boost] Discussion policy

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-26 08:13:45

I agree. Would you like to submit a website patch? I would gladly help
to edit it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]>

> Hi,
> after reading the Boost mailing list for quite a lot time now, I can
say that
> there's one thing which makes reading it very hard. That thing is
> top-posting. As a result, instead of sigle thread that I can easily
browse
> (or ignore), I get a big number of individual messages.
>
> I understand that some people may use web-based mail readers or have
other
> technical problems with replying in the right way, but
nonwithstanding,
> shoudn't discussion policy hint that top-posting is better avoided?
This
> question will be even more important if the mailing list is forwarded
to a
> newsgroup.
>
> BTW, things like over-quoting and topic drift also happen quite often.
> Shouldn't discussion policy say something on it?