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  • Re: Subject: Proposal - Remove requirement that emails be wrapped at 80

    From Holger Levsen@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 15 19:30:02 2025
    hi,

    based on the discussion on debian-devel@ I'd suggest that noone sponsors this GR and thus we could avoid having a GR about this.

    \o/

    https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/03/msg00225.html explains it well: "I doubt that a GR is justified, especially if all it's going to end up
    doing is adding a recommendation for format=flowed to the CoC that isn't actually required for people to adopt the use of format=flowed."

    https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/03/msg00269.html has some stats about the thread on -devel.

    HTH.


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  • From Andrew M.A. Cater@21:1/5 to Holger Levsen on Sat Mar 15 19:50:01 2025
    On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 06:28:18PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
    hi,

    based on the discussion on debian-devel@ I'd suggest that noone sponsors this GR and thus we could avoid having a GR about this.


    Normally, for any simple GR we have a series of options

    Yes
    No
    Further discussion
    None of the above

    Can I suggest a further default to be added to every future vote as an
    option - something like

    "This GR discussion is inappropriate or shows some other reason why this GR should not have been raised"

    That would give a better explanation for some people to explain the motivation for voting in a particular way and might encourage a valid vote rather than
    an abstention.

    With every good wish, as ever,

    Andy Cater
    ([email protected])

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  • From Roberto =?iso-8859-1?Q?C=2E_S=E1nch@21:1/5 to Holger Levsen on Sat Mar 15 22:00:01 2025
    On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 06:28:18PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
    hi,

    based on the discussion on debian-devel@ I'd suggest that noone sponsors this GR and thus we could avoid having a GR about this.

    \o/

    https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/03/msg00225.html explains it well: "I doubt that a GR is justified, especially if all it's going to end up
    doing is adding a recommendation for format=flowed to the CoC that isn't actually required for people to adopt the use of format=flowed."

    If that was all the proposed GR sought (i.e., to replace wrap=80 w/ format=flowed), then maybe it would be relevant.

    However, Soren is proposing replacing the language about wrap=80 with
    this: "There is no expectation that emails sent to the mailing lists are wrapped by the sender at a particular column, but those sending emails
    may wrap them if they choose."

    Given the discussion on the matter, that seems like a sensible
    proposition.

    Regards,

    -Roberto

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