On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > I didn't update it because what Ken did won't work -- it ends up > changing the mail address for those commits that *start* with a > file under that module. I don't like such unpredictable behavior. > I wish I had a solution, but I don't, and I'm afraid that I can't > think of any reason why the docs people shouldn't be reading > *all* of the commit messages and doing their own filtering, > if necessary, according to what they want to read. Use procmail > or Outlook or whatever.
The reasons is: barriers to entry. The whole point of the documentation project is to make it easy for non-coders to be able to contribute documentation. The present state may result in the following: 1. Less participation because some people aren't willing to take the extra steps necessary; and/or 2. Less effective participation because some people will not subscribe to the cvs list and will therefore not be aware of what is going on. In my opinion, the goal should be to create the system which works best for the developers, not the system which is easiest to administer. If it absolutely can't be done, then I guess we'll need to live without it, but I think it will be a significant loss to the productivity of the group. Joshua.
