Re: [PATCH 01/12] git-grep: read config

From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 24, 2008, 19:16 UTC
Message-ID: <76718490807241216qcb587d0k7e0f96c011b545f3@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <bd6139dc0807241153v5055e922p69a176b5b706f98e@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Sverre Rabbelier <alturin@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Something went wrong replying here possibly? Or is it just me who is
> receiving empty messages? (At least the 3rd empty mail I see.)

Here's what's going on.

1. Gmail will often send messages as base64 encoded, inline. i.e.:

   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
   Content-Disposition: inline

2. Majordomo is dumb dumb dumb and adds the standard list footer to
the message. It should probably either not add the footer to such
messages, or it should do it correctly by base64 decoding them, adding
the footer, then re-encoding. Anyway, what it sends out is:

   [... prior base64 encoded lines elided ...]
   b3V0LCBidXQgSSB3aWxsIHByb2JhYmx5IHN0YXkgYXdheSBmcm9tIGNvbmZpZy4KCi0tIApEdXkK
   --
   To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in
   the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
   More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

3. Gmail is dumb dumb dumb and cannot decode such "corrupted"
messages. They display as completely blank. If you go to gmane you can
see the message is fine. (I think gmane strips the majordomo added
footer.)

I've filed a bug against gmail multiple times about this. No idea if they'll ever fix it.

I also sent an email to git-owner@vger.kernel.org (which I think was /dev/null'ed) offering to patch Majordomo, but got no reply.

I wonder if such a mailing list footer is useful in the first place. Perhaps it could just be disabled.

Anyway, my offer to "fix" majordomo still stands. Perhaps someone knows who I should contact at vger.kernel.org to find out whether they're willing to accept a patch.

j.