Re: What's cooking in git.git (topics)

[Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, David Kastrup wrote:

> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
> 
> > [ I get really really annoyed when your replies to me aren't directly 
> >   addressed to me, Jakub.  Told you so repeatedly in the past as well.
> >   Why are you the only one on this list apparently not able to use a 
> >   proper email setup? ]
> 
> X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
> 
> And Jakub by far is not the only one using gmane for reading and writing
> to the list.

It is strange, though, that Jakub is the only one I've noticed who isn't 
able to do me the courtesy of addressing me directly when replying to 
me.

> I am reading and writing on a number of mailing lists with either
> explicit or implicit gateways to news servers.  But the git mailing list
> is the only one where I ever encountered a semi-permanent stream of
> (sometimes quite rude) complaints because people insist on getting
> replies at least twice: once by the mailing list, and once by personal
> Email.  In contrast to claims made here, it is _not_ common netiquette
> to create extra personal copies.

We must not live in the same virtual world then.  This _is_ common 
netiquette in the Linux world.

I get over 500 emails a day.  I can thread them just like a news 
reader would do.  But I do sort them in different folders as well.  My 
most important folder contains emails directly sent to me, or on which 
I'm CC'd.  The other folders might get completely ignored when I'm too 
busy, or threads quickly purged out.

>  In fact, for articles sent through
> Usenet servers, it is generally considered an _annoyance_ to include
> unannounced "courtesy copies" since replies to them will not usually
> reach the list and will require redoing.

This is a mailing list and not a news group.  I don't care if you use a 
newsgroup gateway if it isn't broken.  As it is, gmane is broken as far 
as I'm concerned.

So please complain to gmane or change your setup.


Nicolas