On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Eric Kow <eric....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've pushed a patch to the screened (bleeding-edge) repository that changes > the Darcs UI in the following way: > > * darcs send just generates a patch bundle (equivalent to darcs-2.8 send -O) > * darcs send --mail by itself sends the bundle via sendmail (no file saved; > equivalent to darcs-2.8 send) > * darcs send --mail -O should ignores the --mail flag (likewise with -o) (the > idea being that if you put --mail in your defaults, you can still override it) > > If this change is accepted, it will filter through to the Darcs 2.10 release. > If you use darcs send to communicate patches with your team, it's worth > making note of this change (the UI will remind you). > > The thinking behind this is a belief that people these days don't generally > have a mailer properly configured on their computer (one that provides a > sendmail) command, and a more useful workflow for such users is just for it > to be convenient to create patch bundle files that they can email by hand. > > Basically darcs send (--mail) is great for users like me who use Darcs on a > daily basis, but perhaps not so great for somebody who's just trying darcs > out, or forced to use it to interact with their Darcs-using friends. It'd be > a really bad thing for them if darcs send were to succeed and mysteriously > dump your patch into a blackhole (your improperly configured mailer's queue) >
Couldn't we have a different command to spit out a patch-bundle against our default upstream? Or we could introduce a new command for folks that do have a mailer set up. I don't use "darcs send" as much as I used to, but it was the entire reason I got a mailer up and working on my laptop. Antoine _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list darcs-users@darcs.net http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
