From: Sverre Rabbelier Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:44:36 GMT Subject: Re: mac osx Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Heya, [bcc: git list, let's take this off-list, but I do want the record to show that I do not think this is the way we should communicate on this list] On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 00:40, tom smitts wrote: > Do the git maintainers really think any mac users have >  a clue which git install package to download?  You > put some arcane chipset designation in the package >  name!  Why make mac installers at all?  Mac users > know their operating system number, e.g. 10.6.7, > and that's all.  I doubt Windows users know any better. > And I doubt you can find anywhere on a mac that says >  i386 or whatever the heck the other dumb > designation is. What value does writing your email in this way add? Wouldn't it be much more productive if instead you had written something like this: > Hi, I noticed that the mac installers (found here [0]) include a > chipset designation (such as i386 or x86_64). In my experience, > Mac users (as well as Windows users) are not familiar with these > terms, and will not know which to choose. It would perhaps be > better to rename the package to have a 32bit or 64bit suffix instead, > which these users are more likely to know. > If this is the wrong place to report this issue, please feel free to > forward this to the appropriate person. > > Thanks > > http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/downloads/list As you can see it's about as long as your reply, but a lot less aggressive. It conveys the same information (the current package naming is sub-optimal), but does so in a much friendlier way. -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier