From: Mark Hahn <mchahn@...>
Date: 2001-12-06T03:21:20+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27583] Re: New RubyGarden Poll - this one affectsusall :)

That is an arugment for adding the number to the end of the subject.  I just
realized that putting it at the end would actually sort by subject, then
sequence, which is perfect.

Can I change my vote?

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Alan Black" <dblack@candle.superlink.net>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 7:20 AM
Subject: [ruby-talk:27553] Re: New RubyGarden Poll - this one affectsusall
:)


> Hello --
>
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Bill Kelly wrote:
>
> >
> > From: "Bob Hutchison" <hutch@xampl.com>
> > [...]
> > > I think the ruby-garden poll, while fun, perhaps, is missing the
point. Does
> > > anyone routinely *use* the message numbers that cannot use headers (if
you
> > > are using procmail you can easily put them back, right :-)? Is
*anyone*
> > > going to miss them? Is there actually something useful to be done with
these
> > > that could mitigate the inconvenience?
> >
> > I'd miss 'em.  See [ruby-talk:27530] for an example of their use.
>
> Me too.  We need *some* way to refer clearly back and forth to old
> messages.
>
>
> David
>
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