From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven Grimm Subject: Re: git.git: topics and things like that Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:46:14 -0700 Message-ID: <4606FBB6.2040902@midwinter.com> References: <200703252037.l2PKbhx6032045@localhost.localdomain> <7vslbt2g0p.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <200703252117.l2PLHFkl000601@localhost.localdomain> <7vhcs92cuu.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Xavier Maillard , git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Mar 26 00:46:25 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 1HVbTi-00022X-GI for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:46:22 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753519AbXCYWqT (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:46:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753520AbXCYWqT (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:46:19 -0400 Received: from tater.midwinter.com ([216.32.86.90]:44530 "HELO midwinter.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753519AbXCYWqS (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:46:18 -0400 Received: (qmail 18170 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2007 22:46:18 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=200606; d=midwinter.com; b=tIPONiWDslSDOox3USIkqlLFYencggMlQj+/X4hZWJwiIQjukgkW2n3aUu7fMN0g ; Received: from localhost (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (koreth@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 25 Mar 2007 22:46:18 -0000 User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060324) In-Reply-To: <7vhcs92cuu.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano wrote: > Heh, how new are you to the list? > > Is every three months not often enough? Meaning, is expecting > new users to look back that much backlog in the list archive too > much to ask? > I went looking for an answer to the "what does 'pu' mean?" question when I first joined the list, failed to find one, then stumbled across it by accident while randomly skimming the archives. "A message from the maintainer" is not at first glance an obvious subject line to click on if you're searching for that kind of introductory information -- putting on my "unfamiliar with the list's conventions" hat, I'd expect a message of that title to contain something like, "Hey guys, can you help test XYZ?" or "The list archives will be moving in two weeks" or, more likely, "Our hosting is costing us too much and we need donations." It would be convenient for new users and, I assume, not much additional effort to put the URL of that Wiki page at the top of the "what's cooking" messages. Barring that, maybe the "A message from the maintainer" email should be titled "Introduction to git project management" or something similar that would make it immediately obvious to a new user that it's something they should read to get general background information about the project. Just IMO. At this point I've been lurking here long enough that I don't need it for myself, but I do remember wishing that info were easier to find. -Steve