Re: git-patches list?

From: Akira Kitada <akitada@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 13, 2009, 15:55 UTC
Message-ID: <90bb445a0901130755t6ea98bcco6b6663d806dcc2e6@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vr638f5ch.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

This list seems to be used as a bug tracker, discussing git development, user questions, announcement etc. I thought this is so unusual list that something should be wrong here, but it turned out that it looks working right in mysteryous way. I take that back now. Hmm, interesting...

Thanks,

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Akira Kitada <akitada@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Can I propose having another mailing list for posting patches to avoid
>> daily mail flood to this list?
>>
>> Yes, I can filter out the emails but still...
>
> This list has always been the only place where git development happens.
> It would make the development very awkward to set up another list only for
> patches, forbid patches to be sent to anywhere but that new list, but
> still discuss the patches on this list.
>
> It does not make much sense to me.
>
> Consider what you would do when you see a problem somebody is having on
> this list, and wanted to respond with a quick "this may fix it" patch?
> Should you be sending that to the patches list, and sending a separate
> message to this list saying that you have a potential fix in mind you
> would want to discuss here, but the patches list rule mandated that you
> had to send the patch to the other list, asking people who are reading
> this list to look at the other list as well?
>
> And no, having a separate "user list" won't solve the above problem either
> and that is not what I am suggesting.
>
> Not that I am seeing any problem right now; I am saying that the split
> list as you suggest _will_ create problems.
>