On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 4:07 PM Michael Turquette <mturquette@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I added the first entry, "Bidirectionally sync Patchwork patch status > with Gmail labels". Stephen Boyd and I use a local solution to > coordinate patches in the Linux Clk tree. Our solution requires > Patchwork + the Notmuch mail indexer + Gmail/G Suite to work. My > proposal is to remove the Notmuch requirements and teach Patchwork to > talk directly to Gmail (and vice versa), perhaps via a solution in the > cloud, running on a server somewhere, and not dependent on the uptime > of my laptop. > > From my discussions with kernel devs, I believe there is a reasonably > sized Venn diagram of people that use both Patchwork for patch > tracking as well as Gmail/G Suite for email. Having those two talk > might mean that I never have to use the Patchwork web interface again, > a big win IMO, and I can just use email. That's a really cool idea. What do you do about the Gmail/plain text problem? I know Gmail *can* sent plain-text email, but you don't have much control over the formatting, and I really don't like reviewing code in a Gmail draft. I hate to admit it, but I'm always bouncing back and forth between Gmail and mutt.
