bug#32643: 26; minor-mode variables

[Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> Okay, I got a bit frustrated at seeing you fill up yet another bug
> thread with some kind of argument over... something (I can't even tell
> what exactly).  So I was feeling a bit predisposed to read things in a
> hostile tone. And my response was hostile too, sorry.

Thanks for that. You are among the least hostile, and least easy
to mistake for being hostile, people here. Feel good about that.

> So, your original report here was mostly okay.  It was a bit vague
> though, I think a few concrete phrasing proposals would have helped to
> anchor it a bit better and prevent the subsequent derailing.
> 
> You do generally have a tendency to send long messages which could be
> summarized into a couple of sentences.  And also to interject into
> discussions without reading all of the previous messages.  I get that
> discussion can get long and it's hard to keep up, but by sending your
> (long and possibly irrelevant due to not having read the context)
> message you make that same problem worse for everyone else.

I see.

> I do consider those things disrepectful and somewhat rude, I think my
> low-level annoyance about it bleeds into my reading of your other
> messages even when you're not specifically doing that.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts sincerely.