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=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,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 194D41F464 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:40:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728858AbfLMSkc (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:40:32 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:55745 "EHLO pb-smtp2.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728800AbfLMSkc (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:40:32 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F0B18A68; Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:40:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=kNv1tn6CO+2eAmRJo7zmfmyyxGg=; b=EX1QZK vCfYeUY1TXKZgNHnKdTOllHGG/8Cscfvxs56OXoW9e50o+LE8JVFLDPnHSJ+3vew 8Cb/jo8Tpo4ZA6KDyIdsdeZELajQkDjYhlNCGeoZzuL+byoThpAGALl96X6Czc7H JS86pAiIbKNfIbcKcRMbE+RGGWL1IVHOKNW90= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=N94a73ybvzbp4Ji1IGIx5WzuUdcvkWKA TeBPgwezvPbKe9q2i1OC3fxV7JOr2IbfGgytv6oBjQySQapScppapQG5jlZWgSVB YxYBhgxgJfYJPn6v3xbHSkUzNBDto3TThEXP+AM1ZTFncXSJME1w66Mu7lNuIg5b QN+wL0jY+6Q= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87C9118A67; Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:40:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.76.80.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E5DFD18A66; Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:40:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Emily Shaffer Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Denton Liu , Johannes Schindelin , Eric Wong , Kerry@google.com, Richard Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help References: <20191213013128.6268-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> <20191213174915.GD135450@google.com> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:40:27 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20191213174915.GD135450@google.com> (Emily Shaffer's message of "Fri, 13 Dec 2019 09:49:15 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 0903E072-1DD8-11EA-A9FF-D1361DBA3BAF-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Emily Shaffer writes: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 09:20:20AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Emily Shaffer writes: >> >> > Since #git-devel's traffic is fairly low, it should be OK to direct some >> > questions there too. >> >> Correct me if I recall wrong, but wasn't #git the original IRC >> channel we developers hang out on, and then somebody thought "the >> traffic is fairly low, so it should be OK" and directed non >> developer trafic there, which caused the developers to migrate out >> to #git-devel, a new channel? > > I certainly don't have the background to correct you, as that was before > my time, but I can say that this document isn't directing non-developer > traffic. This is a tutorial for aspiring Git developers to ask questions > about Git development. I do not necessarily think it is a bad idea, but the rationale must be "#git-devel is for those who work on git, so it is very on topic there", not "it is low traffic so anything can be sent there".