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not sure what's getting worked up here (Score:2)

by merlyn (47)
I have a desire for CPAN modules to be as widely installable as possible. I found a module that didn't fit that. Like the dozens of others for which I've written back author remarks, I did that here. I got a non-responsive answer.
But instead of escalating it in email, and getting more pissed on each round, I decided to check out whether I was off my rocker or not, by posting the email for peer review. If people believed it was non-responsive, they'd also write the author. If not, they'd tell me I was
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- Re:not sure what's getting worked up here (Score:2)
  
  by pudge (1) on 2003.09.23 18:59 (#24462) Homepage Journal
  
  You could have accomplished the stated goals without quoting his email to you, and you could have asked for responses in the discussion instead of directly to him, and then sent him the URL where he could read the discussion.
  
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