When to start new threads (was: Re: Comments Regarding New 2.5.1 Register)

[Geert Janssens]

I will admit that it's not always clear when your topic differs sufficiently from the original one 
to warrant a new thread.

One clue can be: does the current thread subject match what you want to say ?

The original subject in this case was
"Comments Regarding New 2.5.1 Register"
Your message was about 2.5.2 and getting 3 errors when opening a file on Windows. I don't 
see not much overlap in these two, except that you both were testing a new development 
release (but not even the same one).

Another rule of thumb I usually use is that I only continue a thread if what I have to say is a 
direct answer to it. Or a question directly related to it.

Anything else goes into a new thread for me and sometimes I refer to the original thread from 
there.

As said this is not exact science and mixed thread are not the end of the world either. I just 
brought it up because your message almost got lost in the original thread for me and thought 
maybe you were not aware of that effect. Nothing more :)

Geert



On Thursday 30 May 2013 15:56:52 David Carlson wrote:


    
On 5/30/2013 11:04 AM, Geert Janssens      wrote:        
                  
On Wednesday 29 May 2013 08:38:16 David        Carlson wrote:      
>       
> I am the other David- David Carlson.      
> Last night I installed 2.5.2 windows        build on Windows 7 64 bit. If you      
> look at the IRC channel, I started        documenting 3 errors when opening a file.      
> Please do not shoot the messenger.      
> David C      
      
David (Carlson),      
      
I won't shoot the messenger. Thanks for        reporting this. I also found your bug report for 
this.      
      
One minor item: please don't hijack a thread.        The problem you reported is unrelated to 
the discussion that was        already going on with David T. Instead of replying to an        
existing mail, you should write a new mail in this case.      
      
Hijacking threads makes both conversations        harder to follow and find again later on.      
      
Geert    
    Sorry, in my perception at the time, I thought that I was on topic.        David C