Re: [RFC] Stopping those fat "What's cooking in git.git" threads

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > So here is what I thought about: What about if everyone (except Junio,
> > of course) would change the subject _and_ remove the In-Reply-To: header
> > when replying to those mails?
> >
> > If those large threads just annoys a few people and most people are
> > happy with the current situation then sorry for the noise.
> 
> I could make "What's cooking" not a follow-up to the previous issue,

Or perhaps break it from time to time (on major release perhaps?).

> or perhaps add "(volume 1.6.0, issue 28)" at the end of the Subject.

Very good idea.

> But I think it is a good idea to change the subject when responding to one
> part of the message to say which topic your response is about.
> 
> I do not know if stripping "In-reply-to" is a great idea, though.  They
> are responses, aren't they?

The problem with above is if you are replying to many points
simultaneously.

I think however that patches should rather start a new thread.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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