From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?David_K=C3=A5gedal?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] Lose perl dependency. (fwd) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:16:43 +0100 Message-ID: <87vej0gh4k.fsf@morpheus.local> References: <7vwt3h7dp6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <200701210137.41219.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> <17842.53449.35322.514320@lisa.zopyra.com> <7vr6tp5aqq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jan 21 23:17:20 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H8kzv-0001Tw-Jy for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:17:11 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751723AbXAUWRG convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:17:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751724AbXAUWRG (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:17:06 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:59226 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751723AbXAUWRF (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:17:05 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1H8kzg-0000z2-CM for git@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:16:56 +0100 Received: from c83-253-22-207.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.22.207]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:16:56 +0100 Received: from davidk by c83-253-22-207.bredband.comhem.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:16:56 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: git@vger.kernel.org X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c83-253-22-207.bredband.comhem.se User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NUt7+h2fodbSSR0SNFIdz5TsmO0= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano writes: > Bill Lear writes: > >> How about a '--order' switch? >> >> --order=3Dchrono[logical] >> --order=3Drev[erse][-chrono[logical]] (default) >> >> The switches "--reverse" and "--noreverse" are certainly confusing i= n >> the context of a default that is "reverse chronological order". > > I think --reverse is just fine. It is "reverse" from usual, and > people already know (or they should learn) what the usual order > is. > >> BTW, my mailer is defaulting to sending mail to the original poster, >> CCing others, including the mailing list. I'm used to simply replyi= ng >> to the list. Is this the proper convention here, to reply directly = to >> humans and CC the list? > > I only speak for myself, but I always prefer to address my > message's To: header to the person I am primarily talking to, > while leaving other people on Cc: line (which usually includes > the list address). I, on the other hand, have recently been annoyed by having my inbox filled with mails that I already can read on the list (actually the gmane newsgruop). So there is probably not a single good answer. --=20 David K=C3=A5gedal