Re: [PATCH] Lose perl dependency. (fwd)

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Jan 21, 2007, 03:17 UTC
Message-ID: <7vr6tp5aqq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <17842.53449.35322.514320@lisa.zopyra.com>

Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> writes:

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> How about a '--order' switch?
>
>    --order=chrono[logical]
>    --order=rev[erse][-chrono[logical]] (default)
>
> The switches "--reverse" and "--noreverse" are certainly confusing in
> the context of a default that is "reverse chronological order".

I think --reverse is just fine. It is "reverse" from usual, and people already know (or they should learn) what the usual order is.

> BTW, my mailer is defaulting to sending mail to the original poster,
> CCing others, including the mailing list.  I'm used to simply replying
> to the list.  Is this the proper convention here, to reply directly to
> humans and CC the list?

I only speak for myself, but I always prefer to address my message's To: header to the person I am primarily talking to, while leaving other people on Cc: line (which usually includes the list address).