From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF4020802 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2017 23:22:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753957AbdFVXV7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:21:59 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:49638 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753649AbdFVXV6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:21:58 -0400 Received: (qmail 31308 invoked by uid 109); 22 Jun 2017 23:21:58 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2017 23:21:58 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 7128 invoked by uid 111); 22 Jun 2017 23:22:02 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:22:02 -0400 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:21:56 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:21:56 -0400 From: Jeff King To: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason Cc: Junio C Hamano , Simon Ruderich , Patrick Lehmann , Jessie Hernandez , "git@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20170622232156.vptuoafdtglokujw@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <7c277ac1cfb40b9b362d468a94dfb4fe.squirrel@mail.jessiehernandez.com> <20170622124803.45sduodpfbwuuq52@ruderich.org> <0092CDD27C5F9D418B0F3E9B5D05BE080102A3D5@SBS2011.opfingen.plc2.de> <20170622134708.fcc4zxakga6p255x@ruderich.org> <0092CDD27C5F9D418B0F3E9B5D05BE080102A423@SBS2011.opfingen.plc2.de> <20170622204628.eintlap4uchlncub@ruderich.org> <878tkjk7m7.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <878tkjk7m7.fsf@gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:58:08PM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > Which, in the context of what this follows (how to submit a bug, > questions etc.) isn't a good use of time for the person reading the > instructions. > > Maybe something more like: > > diff --git a/README.md b/README.md > index f17af66a97..dc175757fa 100644 > --- a/README.md > +++ b/README.md > @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are > available at , > and other archival sites. > > +You don't need to be subscribed to the list to send mail to it, and > +others on-list will generally CC you when replying (although some > +forget this). It's adviced to subscribe to the list if you want to be > +sure you're not missing follow-up discussion, or if your interest in > +the project is wider than a one-off bug report, question or patch. > + > The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that > list the current status of various development topics to the mailing > list. The discussion following them give a good reference for You perhaps already read it, but you may want to steal wording or suggestions from the mailing list section at: https://git-scm.com/community which is covering the same ideas (and vice versa, patches to that page are welcome if the README says something better). -Peff