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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