* On 2024 22 Apr 09:39 -0500, Curt wrote: > On 2024-04-21, Reid <reidbox@proinbox.com> wrote: > > You seem to be suggesting that Debian users now need to read XX pages of release notes and guides in order to learn that what they're installing is not what the Debian.org homepage "Why Debian", "Our Philosophy", and "Who We Are / What We Do" pages are currently promoting Debian as. > > How can you be taken seriously when you can't even wrap your lines > according to our venerable guidelines? > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists > > Set linewrap to 65-78 characters. 72 is a popular setting. Looking at the OP's headers I see: X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.11.0-alpha0-379-gabd37849b7-fm-20240408.001-gabd37849 It appears our friend is using a Web browser and likely is presented with a text box that looks all nice and neat with wrapping and all but hits the list as one long line per paragraph. > Get a popular setting going, buddy. Until he sets up a real MUA, I doubt the formatting will improve. I endure this on many other mailing lists unrelated to Debian, particularly from groups.io that have a Web interface. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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