Meaning and purpose of the Subject field (was: Ignore error with non-zero exit status)

[Tim Chase]

On 2015-12-21 23:24, Jon Ribbens wrote:
> That sounds a bit confused - if the *intention* of changing the
> subject line is to create a new thread, then breaking the thread
> is not "breaking threading" ;-)

I'm pretty sure that the purpose is not to *break* the thread, but to
suggest that the sub-thread's topic has shifted away that of the
parent thread.

-tkc