Re: git-patches list?

[Akira Kitada <akitada@gmail.com>]

This list seems to be used as a bug tracker, discussing git development,
user questions, announcement etc.
I thought this is so unusual list that something should be wrong here,
but it turned out that it looks working right in mysteryous way.
I take that back now.
Hmm, interesting...

Thanks,

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Akira Kitada <akitada@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Can I propose having another mailing list for posting patches to avoid
>> daily mail flood to this list?
>>
>> Yes, I can filter out the emails but still...
>
> This list has always been the only place where git development happens.
> It would make the development very awkward to set up another list only for
> patches, forbid patches to be sent to anywhere but that new list, but
> still discuss the patches on this list.
>
> It does not make much sense to me.
>
> Consider what you would do when you see a problem somebody is having on
> this list, and wanted to respond with a quick "this may fix it" patch?
> Should you be sending that to the patches list, and sending a separate
> message to this list saying that you have a potential fix in mind you
> would want to discuss here, but the patches list rule mandated that you
> had to send the patch to the other list, asking people who are reading
> this list to look at the other list as well?
>
> And no, having a separate "user list" won't solve the above problem either
> and that is not what I am suggesting.
>
> Not that I am seeing any problem right now; I am saying that the split
> list as you suggest _will_ create problems.
>