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Re: Could we start accepting rich-text postings on the gcc lists?

From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
To: dnovillo at google dot com
Cc: aph at redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:27:19 EST
Subject: Re: Could we start accepting rich-text postings on the gcc lists?
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> And restricting writers, may result in the loss of contributors in the
> medium/long term.

We have a lot of things we do that "restrict" writers.  We insist that
patches be tested.  We insist that coding standards be followed.  We
insist that good documentation practices be applied. We don't allow certain
changes at certain times in the process.  Etc.

We do this because we value quality above quantity.

Are there really people who are disciplined enough to follow those rules
who can't or won't follow a "text-only" rule?

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Could we start accepting rich-text postings on the gcc lists?
  - From: Diego Novillo

References:
- Re: Could we start accepting rich-text postings on the gcc lists?
  - From: Andrew Pinski
- Re: Could we start accepting rich-text postings on the gcc lists?
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: Could we start accepting rich-text postings on the gcc lists?
  - From: Diego Novillo

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