{"thread":{"id":"60769","subject":"[PATCH] MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps","startedAt":"2024-01-19T20:59:17Z","lastAt":"2024-01-20T18:08:35Z","messageCount":6,"participants":["spectral via GitGitGadget","Konstantin Ryabitsev","Junio C Hamano","Kyle Lippincott","Kristoffer Haugsbakk"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"487107","messageId":"pull.1644.git.1705697955144.gitgitgadget@gmail.com","threadId":"60769","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps","fromName":"spectral via GitGitGadget","fromEmail":"gitgitgadget@gmail.com","sentAt":"2024-01-19T20:59:15Z","receivedAt":"2024-01-19T20:59:17Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"name:spectral","avatar":null},"body":"From: Kyle Lippincott \n\nThe documentation says to send an email to majordomo. Doing so gets you\nan auto response saying majordomo has been turned down, and to instead\nvisit https://subspace.kernel.org/vger.kernel.org.html and use the\nsub/unsub links.\n\nUpdate the instructions to reference the supported mechanism for\nsubscribing to the git mailing list. Include details like these being\nmailto links but the subject/body aren't necessary, since it's not\nobvious what to put in those fields.\n\nSigned-off-by: Kyle Lippincott \n---\n MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps\n\nPublished-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1644%2Fspectral54%2Fmy-first-contribution-v1\nFetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1644/spectral54/my-first-contribution-v1\nPull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1644\n\n Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 8 +++++---\n 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt\nindex 279f6a3e7ca..2361fe27e97 100644\n--- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt\n@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ announcements, design discussions, and more take place. Those interested in\n contributing are welcome to post questions here. The Git list requires\n plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when replying to\n mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can subscribe to\n-the list by sending an email to majordomo@vger.kernel.org with \"subscribe git\"\n-in the body. The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this mailing list is\n-available to view in a browser.\n+the list by visiting https://subspace.kernel.org/vger.kernel.org.html and using\n+the `sub` link next to the `git` list (this is a mailto link; you can leave\n+subject and body blank, but you still have to send the email). The\n+https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this mailing list is available to view\n+in a browser.\n \n ==== https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/git-mentoring[git-mentoring@googlegroups.com]\n \n\nbase-commit: a54a84b333adbecf7bc4483c0e36ed5878cac17b\n-- \ngitgitgadget\n"},{"id":"487108","messageId":"20240119-flat-jellyfish-of-drizzle-b31abe@lemur","threadId":"60769","inReplyTo":"pull.1644.git.1705697955144.gitgitgadget@gmail.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps","fromName":"Konstantin Ryabitsev","fromEmail":"konstantin@linuxfoundation.org","sentAt":"2024-01-19T21:06:52Z","receivedAt":"2024-01-19T21:06:56Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"konstantin@linuxfoundation.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/7cb8827c6de56e1bd2dea16508c6708aa43feed3bf3813bcdacecdf96ceadd79?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 08:59:15PM +0000, spectral via GitGitGadget wrote:\n> contributing are welcome to post questions here. The Git list requires\n> plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when replying to\n> mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can subscribe to\n> -the list by sending an email to majordomo@vger.kernel.org with \"subscribe git\"\n> -in the body. The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this mailing list is\n> -available to view in a browser.\n> +the list by visiting https://subspace.kernel.org/vger.kernel.org.html and using\n> +the `sub` link next to the `git` list (this is a mailto link; you can leave\n> +subject and body blank, but you still have to send the email). The\n\nI recommend just telling people to send a message to\ngit+subscribe@vger.kernel.org and linking to\nhttps://subspace.kernel.org/subscribing.html for more details. While\n\"sub/unsub\" links will do the job for some people, webmail users may not\nhave things properly configured to correctly process the mailto: links.\n\n-K\n"},{"id":"487112","messageId":"xmqqmst1hsd6.fsf@gitster.g","threadId":"60769","inReplyTo":"20240119-flat-jellyfish-of-drizzle-b31abe@lemur","subject":"Re: [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2024-01-19T22:26:45Z","receivedAt":"2024-01-19T22:26:54Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Konstantin Ryabitsev writes:\n\n> On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 08:59:15PM +0000, spectral via GitGitGadget wrote:\n>> contributing are welcome to post questions here. The Git list requires\n>> plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when replying to\n>> mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can subscribe to\n>> -the list by sending an email to majordomo@vger.kernel.org with \"subscribe git\"\n>> -in the body. The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this mailing list is\n>> -available to view in a browser.\n>> +the list by visiting https://subspace.kernel.org/vger.kernel.org.html and using\n>> +the `sub` link next to the `git` list (this is a mailto link; you can leave\n>> +subject and body blank, but you still have to send the email). The\n>\n> I recommend just telling people to send a message to\n> git+subscribe@vger.kernel.org and linking to\n> https://subspace.kernel.org/subscribing.html for more details. While\n> \"sub/unsub\" links will do the job for some people, webmail users may not\n> have things properly configured to correctly process the mailto: links.\n\nYeah, good suggestion.\n\nKyle, thanks for noticing the majordomo deprecation.\n\nPerhaps something like this is agreeable to everybody?\n\n------------ >8 ----------------------- >8 ----------------------- >8 ------------\nSubject: Docs: majordomo@vger.kernel.org has been decomissioned\n\nUpdate the instruction for subscribing to the Git mailing list\nwe have on a few documentation pages.\n\nNoticed-by: Kyle Lippincott \nHelped-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev \nSigned-off-by: Junio C Hamano \n---\n Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 5 +++--\n README.md | 4 ++--\n 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git c/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt w/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt\nindex 279f6a3e7c..f06563e981 100644\n--- c/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt\n+++ w/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt\n@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ announcements, design discussions, and more take place. Those interested in\n contributing are welcome to post questions here. The Git list requires\n plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when replying to\n mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can subscribe to\n-the list by sending an email to majordomo@vger.kernel.org with \"subscribe git\"\n-in the body. The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this mailing list is\n+the list by sending an email to \n+(see https://subspace.kernel.org/subscribing.html for details).\n+The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this mailing list is\n available to view in a browser.\n \n ==== https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/git-mentoring[git-mentoring@googlegroups.com]\ndiff --git c/README.md w/README.md\nindex 2c3de2f9c8..665ce5f5a8 100644\n--- c/README.md\n+++ w/README.md\n@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message\n string translations (localization l10) should see [po/README.md][]\n (a `po` file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations).\n \n-To subscribe to the list, send an email with just \"subscribe git\" in\n-the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org (not the Git list). The mailing\n+To subscribe to the list, send an email to \n+(see https://subspace.kernel.org/subscribing.html for details). The mailing\n list archives are available at ,\n and other archival sites.\n \n"},{"id":"487115","messageId":"CAO_smViQLmvPiLHn_Tjtp=Yfug+xDDdK5u7uh51FyJ4DFbP71w@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"60769","inReplyTo":"xmqqmst1hsd6.fsf@gitster.g","subject":"Re: [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps","fromName":"Kyle Lippincott","fromEmail":"spectral@google.com","sentAt":"2024-01-19T22:46:34Z","receivedAt":"2024-01-19T22:46:49Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"spectral@google.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6371650?v=4"},"body":"On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 2:26 PM Junio C Hamano wrote:\n> Subject: Docs: majordomo@vger.kernel.org has been decomissioned\n>\n> Update the instruction for subscribing to the Git mailing list\n> we have on a few documentation pages.\n>\n> Noticed-by: Kyle Lippincott \n> Helped-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev \n> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano \n> ---\n> Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 5 +++--\n> README.md | 4 ++--\n> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)\n\nThis version looks good, thanks for catching README.md's reference as well.\n"},{"id":"487132","messageId":"527ae359-32e7-4c49-b733-614f17876f14@app.fastmail.com","threadId":"60769","inReplyTo":"xmqqmst1hsd6.fsf@gitster.g","subject":"Re: [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps","fromName":"Kristoffer Haugsbakk","fromEmail":"code@khaugsbakk.name","sentAt":"2024-01-20T10:48:38Z","receivedAt":"2024-01-20T10:49:00Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"code@khaugsbakk.name","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2229597?v=4"},"body":"On Fri, Jan 19, 2024, at 23:26, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n> Noticed-by: Kyle Lippincott \n> Helped-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev \n> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano \n\nJust curious. What’s the difference between `Reported-by` and\n`Noticed-by`? `Reported-by` is documented in `SubmittingPatches` but not\nthe other one. Is perhaps `Reported-by` specifically meant for bug\nreports?\n\nThanks\n\n-- \nKristoffer Haugsbakk\n\n"},{"id":"487142","messageId":"xmqq7ck3g9nl.fsf@gitster.g","threadId":"60769","inReplyTo":"527ae359-32e7-4c49-b733-614f17876f14@app.fastmail.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: update mailing list sub steps","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2024-01-20T18:08:30Z","receivedAt":"2024-01-20T18:08:35Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"\"Kristoffer Haugsbakk\" writes:\n\n> Just curious. What’s the difference between `Reported-by` and\n> `Noticed-by`? `Reported-by` is documented in `SubmittingPatches` but not\n> the other one. Is perhaps `Reported-by` specifically meant for bug\n> reports?\n\nIt should be reported-by as the recent trend is to dedup similar\nones without much meaningful distinction and stick to those that are\nlisted in the document. It was just me being careless and picked\none that used to be relatively common without even thinking:\n\n $ git rev-list --since 1.year --grep=Noticed-by: --count master\n 2\n $ git rev-list --since 1.year --grep=Reported-by: --count master\n 54\n\n $ git rev-list --since 5.year --until 4.year --grep=Noticed-by: --count master\n 4\n $ git rev-list --since 5.year --until 4.year --grep=Reported-by: --count master\n 102\n\n $ git rev-list --since 10.year --until 9.year --grep=Noticed-by: --count master\n 12\n $ git rev-list --since 10.year --until 9.year --grep=Reported-by: --count master\n 54\n\nThere probably is a subtle difference perceived between the two by\nthose who used noticed-by over the years and I think you guessed\ntheir intention right.\n"}]}