[plt-dev] Notifications poll (was: repository information)

I prefer 4 -> 2 -> 1 -> 3. If prefer the reply-to on commits to be
plt-dev in any case.

Jay

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> On Apr 17, Prabhakar Ragde wrote:
>> Eli wrote:
>>
>> >   I think that it might be a good idea to have the first kind of
>> >   messages (the ones with the diffs) posted on this mailing list.
>> >   Any objections?  (They have headers that clearly mark them as
>> >   originating from git, so it should be easy to ignore them but
>> >   not ignore any replies to them -- in case there's comments on
>> >   some code.)
>>
>> Some of us get plt-dev as a digest. Now, I am eavesdropping to learn
>> things, not as an active participant, so I have no right to
>> complain, but I can't easily ignore messages in a digest. I'd have
>> to unsubscribe.
>
> [Note that the poll below concerns *everyone* on this mailing list.
> Please try to reply soon, so the commit emails can get to people who
> want them.]
>
> Well, that's sounds like a valid concern in general, but I think that
> the purpose of plt-dev is to encourage everything that is related to
> development.  What I hope that this will do is three things: (a) Add a
> some level of code reiew for new things that get added to the code
> base -- which should help in both catching some problems in new code.
>
> (b) It should also help in making people *aware* of such code in the
> first place.  For example, if I hadn't been receiving the commit
> messages on svn, then the next time I'd do something that is related
> to source code I'd write yet again some rough code to print source
> information -- but now I know that Carl has put a considerable amount
> of work in a library that does just that.  It's more important for
> people on plt-dev since being related to the developement means that
> you'd generally know much about all kinds of stuff in the code.
>
> (c) Finally, there's a tendency for individuals to get burried in
> their own code corners, and I hope for something like this to get
> people closer in general -- specifically, avoiding spending resources.
> (For example, I could go on with that source location code and decide
> that I should make a real library out of it, and only then discover
> the existing thing.)
>
>
> In any case, I'll do a quick poll.  I see the following options:
>
> 1. Leave things as they are now: the few people who wanted to get
>   notifications will continue getting them, nobody else will.
>
> 2. Create a new mailing list for commits, and have all comitters on it
>   (as well as anyone else who wants to be on it).  Leave plt-dev
>   alone.
>
> 3. Send *summary* emails (=> only changed file lists and commit logs,
>   no diffs) to plt-dev.  Doing this will require some solution for
>   people who want to get the diffs, but don't want to give up being
>   on plt-dev -- in this case they'll need to go through the hassle of
>   filtering the plt-dev messages out and keep the more detailed
>   messages.
>
> 4. Send the complete emails to plt-dev -- as I originally suggested.
>   This might get a little too verbose a few times (eg, large
>   commits), so it might require some adjusting.
>
> 5. Any other suggestion?  (If you have a suggestion, then please reply
>   on the list, not directly to me.)
>
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"The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93