Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Of course, I can teach GitGitGadget to not Cc: you. Like, always. Not sure >> that you would like that any better because you would not even be Cc:ed >> once consensus was reached. > > That would actually be better. Somebody in the discussion thread s/better/much much &/; > would probably say "This is good enough---send it to the maintainer" > when the topic is ready. Besides, when they send out patches they would also add area experts and those who participated in the review of the earlier round to Cc: so GGG needs to have a mechanism to allow the end user to do so. And by treating the maintainer merely just one of the reviewer, that mechanism can naturally be reused.