From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt McCutchen Subject: Making the "Note from the maintainer" information discoverable Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:30:39 -0500 Message-ID: <1455049839.2511.208.camel@mattmccutchen.net> References: <1454789548.23898.223.camel@mattmccutchen.net> <1454893478.2511.5.camel@mattmccutchen.net> <20160208135607.GB27054@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git To: Junio C Hamano , Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Feb 09 21:30:49 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aTEvx-0002rX-2x for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 21:30:49 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754265AbcBIUap convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Feb 2016 15:30:45 -0500 Received: from homie.mail.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.208]:36544 "EHLO homiemail-a3.g.dreamhost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751802AbcBIUao convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Feb 2016 15:30:44 -0500 Received: from homiemail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44265284081; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 12:30:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=mattmccutchen.net; h= message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to:references :content-type:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; s= mattmccutchen.net; bh=PHtNb/UeMFHiYJS/CLMC22LyBVg=; b=b4IS2pF/Am 7/Z5g6RQYJ8/LgF0n3Et67Mex3HlYuDrViIxrbcYMOCCRLPgrXuoc7BQxWL3a/D/ IuQYMSkk29gk45pfYbOlj3+TgMsPoebKPbUwGoVnnNLRGAQTZcpkHL6djdpa4dq8 IQsmYcxcBPLGr4f4hIyGO+10TuaIES0V8= Received: from main (30-9-175.wireless.csail.mit.edu [128.30.9.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: matt@mattmccutchen.net) by homiemail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C303E284078; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 12:30:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.4 (3.18.4-1.fc23) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, 2016-02-08 at 14:16 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jeff King writes: >=20 > > FWIW, as the person who wrote that section, I think that is a good > > addition.=C2=A0=C2=A0We do have a link to Simon Tatham's bug-report= ing guide, > > but > > this is a good place to put project-specific advice. > >=20 > > In addition to "try it on next" you may want to also mention "try > > it on > > the latest version of git". That is another frequently given > > pointer to > > bug reporters.=C2=A0=C2=A0Trying "next" is obviously a superset, bu= t I > > suspect > > trying a released version may be an easier first step for some > > people. >=20 > Yes, definitely. >=20 > I agree that testing with the latest released version would > typically be much easier to end users than building from the source. > It would reduce the need for "Ah, that's ancient issue, we know it > was fixed a few releases ago." responses by us; I do not recall many > of such responses in the recent history on the list, though. >=20 > For the ones who are more into the spirit of helping each other who > can build from the source to help us even more, checking 'master' > and finding regressions before it gets too late is a very good > thing.=C2=A0=C2=A0Checking 'next' and confirming an upcoming fix is e= qually > valuable. While researching an unrelated issue, I stumbled upon http://marc.info/?l=3Dgit&m=3D142714670111063&w=3D2, which seems to hav= e even more valuable information about community processes.=C2=A0=C2=A0Is ther= e any interest in making this information discoverable from https://git-scm.com/community and/or the man pages? =C2=A0I'm happy to = file an issue or to write a patch that adds a link, but I don't see myself spending more time on it than that. Matt