Hi Gábor, On Tue, 19 Nov 2019, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 01:45:19PM -0800, Emily Shaffer wrote: > > > 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, ... except people with an @outlook.com address (all of their emails will bounce) and people who do not know how to suppress HTML in their emails (which I believe constitutes the vast majority)... > 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. Ciao, Dscho
