This list seems to be used as a bug tracker, discussing git development, user questions, announcement etc. I thought this is so unusual list that something should be wrong here, but it turned out that it looks working right in mysteryous way. I take that back now. Hmm, interesting... Thanks, On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Akira Kitada <akitada@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Can I propose having another mailing list for posting patches to avoid >> daily mail flood to this list? >> >> Yes, I can filter out the emails but still... > > This list has always been the only place where git development happens. > It would make the development very awkward to set up another list only for > patches, forbid patches to be sent to anywhere but that new list, but > still discuss the patches on this list. > > It does not make much sense to me. > > Consider what you would do when you see a problem somebody is having on > this list, and wanted to respond with a quick "this may fix it" patch? > Should you be sending that to the patches list, and sending a separate > message to this list saying that you have a potential fix in mind you > would want to discuss here, but the patches list rule mandated that you > had to send the patch to the other list, asking people who are reading > this list to look at the other list as well? > > And no, having a separate "user list" won't solve the above problem either > and that is not what I am suggesting. > > Not that I am seeing any problem right now; I am saying that the split > list as you suggest _will_ create problems. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
