From: Mark Hahn <mchahn@...>
Date: 2001-12-05T02:59:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27469] Re: New RubyGarden Poll - this one affects us all :)

I don't think the poll is structured properly.  For example, the
subject-line thread sorting problem is solved by any solution other than
doing nothing.  Doing nothing might win even though 60% of us want the
thread sorting problem solved.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Thomas" <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 6:40 AM
Subject: [ruby-talk:27447] Re: New RubyGarden Poll - this one affects us all
:)


> "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@jump.net> writes:
>
> > Sorry if I'm missing something obvious here. Could someone please
> > explain the intended/presumed meaning/implications of "move to an
> > X-ruby: header" for those of us who can't self-explain this? I can
> > sort of guess from other remarks, but I may be guessing wrong, and
> > others might too.
>
> The headers of mail and news articles support 'X' lines along with the
> more common 'Subject:', 'To:', 'From:' etc. X lines are different in
> that they are not interpreted by mail software, they're just passed
> through.
>
> An 'X' line typically looks like:
>
>    X-xxxxx:  stuff
>
> If you look at a message's full set of e-mail headers, you'll often
> see a number of these: mail programs use them to advertise themselves,
> and mail relayers use them to stop loops. The Poll suggestion was to
> move the [ruby-talk] prefix into one of these lines.
>
>
> Dave
>
>
> ps. The poll is currently tied. Make your voice heard. Support
> democracy. Vote today!  :)          http://www.rubygarden.org/
>