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[89.229.7.83]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z20sm1525045ljk.63.2019.10.04.07.27.36 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 04 Oct 2019 07:27:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Jakub Narebski To: "brian m. carlson" Cc: Derrick Stolee , "git\@vger.kernel.org" , "peff\@peff.net" , Emily Shaffer , Jonathan Nieder , Johannes Schindelin , "gitster\@pobox.com" , garimasigit@gmail.com Subject: Re: [DISCUSSION] Growing the Git community References: <71fba9e7-6314-6ef9-9959-6ae06843d17a@gmail.com> <20190920143614.GB20698@genre.crustytoothpaste.net> Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:27:36 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20190920143614.GB20698@genre.crustytoothpaste.net> (brian m. carlson's message of "Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:36:17 +0000") Message-ID: <86muegoaav.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (windows-nt) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org "brian m. carlson" writes: > I think GitGitGadget is a useful tool which I haven't really had the > time to learn how to use. I appreciate that many people prefer a > patch-based workflow, and that using a patch-based workflow and a > mailing list provides the project independence and avoids favoring any > hosting platform or tool, which I agree with. > > I think also that many folks find a pull request-based workflow to be > easier and more familiar and supporting this a bit better may lower the > barrier to entry, so I'm in favor of bridges that make contributing > easier, even if one still needs to subscribe to the list to get > feedback. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ Actually you can get feedback without having to subscribe to git mailing list; and I am not talking here about GitGitGadget gathering response like GitHub Issues <-> mail bridge. You can get your feedback via public-inbox.org, and respond to feedback via public-inboc.org mail to [Usenet] news interface, reading and replying via NNTP (or replying via email from thread read via NNTP): nntp://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.version-control.git Unfortunately it looks like newsreaders are dying category of applications. KDE's KNode got discontinued in 2015, XPN (X Python Newsreader) last release had in 2009, MicroPlanet Gravity in 2010; there is still Pan, Gnus for GNU Emacs; some e-mail clients also have support for Usenet, like Mozilla Thunderbird (and SeaMonkey), Sylpheed and Claws Mail. This technique might not be described in our documentation... Best, --=20 Jakub Nar=C4=99bski