27 Jan
2004
27 Jan
'04
12:20 p.m.
Well, one might be anal when making rules, but there's also plenty of opportunities for being anal when applying a rule set, for example by refusing to understand the intentions embodied in the rules, and refusing to consider the particulars of the thing the rules are being applied to. It's very anal to apply rules blindly, letter by letter.
/ Niels Möller (vässar rödpennan)
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2004-01-27 12:41: Subject: Re: decorum
I was not calling anyone on this list anal, only the debian maintainers (as in, the ones who set the debian policies), who tend to make arbitrary rules for not very good reasons.
/ Per Hedbor ()