On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 01:45:19PM -0800, Emily Shaffer wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 12:05:45PM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > +==== https://public-inbox.org/git[git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > + > > > +This is the main Git project mailing list where code reviews, version > > > +announcements, design discussions, and more take place. If you fail to receive > > > +help via the channels above, you can ask your question here. The Git list > > > +requires plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when > > > +replying to mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can > > > +subscribe to the list by sending an email to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with > > > +"subscribe git" in the body. > > > > Sounds good; I agree with Denton, especially with the mention of > > "you must join" on the other mailing list, that it is a good idea to > > explicitly say that subscription is optional in this entry. > > > > You can ask questions even if you haven't tried other avenues and > > failed, but this entry makes it sound as if an earlier failure > > elsewhere is a prerequisite for asking for help here. > > I envision an exchange sort of like this: > > Newbie to git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: "I'm having trouble compiling Git and I > want to write a patch, I'm getting X error" > > Veteran to Newbie, cc git-mentoring, bcc git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > "Please build with blah flag and paste console output, plus let us know > system information blah blah blah" That won't work if the veteran is not registered to the mentoring list, and we can't assume that the newbie is registered there either. I don't think that we should send anyone who asked a question here to somewhere else, especially if that elsewhere requires registration. > I don't mind the idea of pushing folks to ask on the mentoring list > first. It's pretty well attended already - just now I count 16 list > members, a pretty significant majority of which are project veterans. I > have no problem suggesting newbies ask their questions, which others > probably had and solved before them, in a space separate from the main > mailing list. > > Of course if you want to encourage newbies to ask in any of these three > venues, weighted equally, I can change the language. But suggesting the > main list as a last resort was intentional. git@vger is the ultimate source of all wisdom :) and it is openly accessible for anyone for writing, reading, and searching. Therefore these three venues cannot be weighted equally, but git@vger should be the explicitly preferred venue. Only if the newbie has some other preferences should the other two be considered; e.g. if more interactive, chatty communication is preferred, then try #git-devel.
