From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 012D31F5A2 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 01:50:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727533AbfKTBuI (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:50:08 -0500 Received: from dcvr.yhbt.net ([64.71.152.64]:54294 "EHLO dcvr.yhbt.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726874AbfKTBuI (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:50:08 -0500 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38FDB1F4B5; Wed, 20 Nov 2019 01:50:08 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 01:50:08 +0000 From: Eric Wong To: SZEDER =?utf-8?B?R8OhYm9y?= Cc: Johannes Schindelin , Emily Shaffer , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org, Denton Liu Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help Message-ID: <20191120015008.GB2864@dcvr> References: <20191115230637.76877-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> <20191118214519.GH22855@google.com> <20191119184919.GM23183@szeder.dev> <20191119214101.GN23183@szeder.dev> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20191119214101.GN23183@szeder.dev> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org SZEDER Gábor wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 10:29:43PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Nov 2019, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > > > git@vger is the ultimate source of all wisdom :) and it is openly > > > accessible for anyone for writing, > > > > ... except people with an @outlook.com address (all of their emails will > > bounce) and people who do not know how to suppress HTML in their emails > > (which I believe constitutes the vast majority)... > > And I believe that that "vast majority" will never try to contribute > to Git, and thus doesn't matter. No. A better objective would be to promote plain-text to the point where the "vast majority" expect it. Ironically, major social networks and forums are already that way. HTML mail can become solely an avenue for phishers and spammers, and eventually eradicated. It'll be a long battle ahead, though...