The example was just that.. an example. And a short one at that. It was intended to be illustrative, and not a definitive overview of the problem. In short,

The example was just that.. an example. And a short one at that. It was intended to be illustrative, and not a definitive overview of the problem. In short, the answer you give doesn't matter. What matters is the attitude of the questioner, as shown by AndrewUnmuted, below. A good questioner can say "That's not a good response. I'm trying to do X because of Y and need help with Z." A bad questioner says "How dare you question me. Give me an answer now!" I have 17 years of experience in running an open source project. My conclusion is that the content and/or the tone of my answers are less relevant than the attitude of the questioner. People who want to solve a problem don't pay attention to the emotional content of an answer. They keep pushing for a solution, no matter how much they dislike the questioner. People who have an attitude see personal insults in technical responses. An answer of "Your question is answered at URL X" is an offensive response which is intended to personally denigrate the questioner, and insult his intelligence. The only proper response for such a questioner is to insult someone back. As I said below, the only real solution to such people is to inform them to be polite, and then to ban them. They are toxic.