Newbie: Installing Build Dependencies to gnupg-2.2.13 update from gnupg 2.0.22 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS failed

David bouncingcats at gmail.com
Wed Mar 13 14:21:58 CET 2019


On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 23:16, Oscar Carlsson via Gnupg-users
<gnupg-users at gnupg.org> wrote:
>
> And in future emails, try to [...] use pastebin like
> services and/or attach logs instead of adding them inline like this.

Why is that suggested?

If someone posts hundreds of kilobytes or more, I agree,
but in this case I argue the opposite, for these reasons.
Providing the information inline has several advantages:
1) all information is available in one place.
2) it's easy to quote/reference in email replies.
3) it's less work for the responders who don't have to cut
and paste from other places.
4) it avoids running pastebin javascript.
5) it preserves the integrity of the email archive, so that the
conversation can help future readers, particularly when pastebin sites
are ephemeral and/or provide only temporary storage.
6) some mailing lists strip attachments.



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