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Re: Please provide help with how to fix

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WYWeijie Yuan <wy@wyuan.org>
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Jul 17, 2026, 16:12 UTC
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 03:40:56PM +0000, Randy Kroeger wrote:
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> HI Ben,
> 
> I have been a software developer for 30 years and in the last seven,
> have been an independent contractor.  Trust me.  You read too much
> into my intro in giving advice.   However, I can offer advice when it
> comes to emails in the old fashioned text format, please avoid
> interleaving your responses.   Depending on the device today, it is as
> confusing as what you mentioned my diagram being... haha...  
Hi Randy,

I highly respect your experience. But interleaving is how Git operates, and it surely includes the Linux kernel as well.

There are many online resources explaining this. Here's one, please take a look ;-)

  https://useplaintext.email/#etiquette

And by the way, you didn't wrap your text. This is another established rule that has become conventional over time.

Thanks.
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  3. Randy KroegerJul 17, 2026
  4. Weijie YuanJul 17, 2026
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