On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 10:29:43PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > 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)... And I believe that that "vast majority" will never try to contribute to Git, and thus doesn't matter. > > 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.
