Re: [RFC] Stopping those fat "What's cooking in git.git" threads

From: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
Date: Jul 20, 2008, 20:58 UTC
Message-ID: <20080720205852.GA5950@leksak.fem-net>
In-Reply-To: <20080720205125.GP10347@genesis.frugalware.org>

Hi,

Miklos Vajna wrote:

> I think it's just hard to follow the discussion as the subject is
> usually not changed, so for example when the subject contains "merge", I
> carefully read that mail, but I can easily miss such a mail if it's
> still "What's cooking in".

I agree that changing a subject (with "(was: <oldsubject>)") is nicer to find specific mails later.

> So here is what I thought about: What about if everyone (except Junio,
> of course) would change the subject _and_ remove the In-Reply-To: header
> when replying to those mails?

"Everyone should" bla usually does not work in open communities.

And why not vice versa? A new "What's cooking in " mail with new cookings could start a new thread instead of replying to old "What's cooking in" mails...

> If those large threads just annoys a few people and most people are
> happy with the current situation then sorry for the noise.

Hm, I don't really care.

Mutt is able to link and break threads with

	#       break-thread         break the thread in two
	&        link-threads         link tagged message to the current one

so I am able to design the threads as I like it ;) (And I am also able to change subjects as I like, so I don't have a problem.)

Regards,
  Stephan

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