Okay, it's been 72 hours. Thanks for participating. We've generated a lot of discussion! (This is obviously something we call care about.) We've had no direct objections to the proposal, so Jan will now investigate our options for getting Github comments sent to the [email protected] list.
On 19 March 2013 02:09, Jason Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > We fell within the expected base rate of bikeshed discussions in a public > forum--no big deal. > > Would it be possible to post a fresh email summarizing this thread, > identifying actions taken or to be taken? > > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Mar 18, 2013, at 19:19 , Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> On Mar 18, 2013, at 18:57 , Eli Stevens (Gmail) <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > >> > > >>> Every single email I get from a github pull request contains a header > > like: > > >>> > > >>> Reply-To: mobius-medical/dev < > > >>> [email protected]> > > >>> > > >>> And sending email to that email address causes the content of that > > email to > > >>> show up in the pull request. > > >>> > > >>> Unless public repos behave differently in this regard from private > ones > > >>> (which is what I'm using when I see these), it seems like we can > solve > > the > > >>> content mirroring issue *trivially*. Nobody needs to volunteer to be > > >>> online 150% of the time for anything. If someone on the ML wants to > > have a > > >>> reply appear in the PR, then you make sure the > reply.github.comaddress is > > >>> CCd. If you don't, then just send to the ML. > > >>> > > >>> Is all of the discussion about github PRs unaware of this current > > >>> email-to-PR-comment bridge, or is there some non-obvious inadequacy > (in > > >>> which case it should be spelled out)? > > >> > > >> Thanks for pointing this out, I looked at this as well, but then had > to > > write > > >> lengthy emails instead. > > >> > > >> My 150% number is only to illustrate the futility of this argument. > > >> > > > Are you considering my concern futile? I'm starting to be really > > > annoyed by the way you handle all of this. I passed sometimes to think > > > on that problem before posting a response to a somewhat > > > passive-agressive mail. I always said I preferred and I would be OK > > > for a solution that propose a 2-way channel. And this is not a theory > > > or anything (are you putting the hand on something hot before saying > > > it's hot?) it is a a clear concern. If we have a solution to do this, > > > fine. > > > > > > Now I also said I would prefer to not use github PR at all and would > > > prefer a simpler workflow than multiplying the code sources. I'm > > > working on a mail that will propose something like this. > > > > > > - benoît > > > > I have replied to all of these points in the past and I made my position > > clear multiple times. > > > > * * * > > > > In the meantime I have contacted Infra to sort out the technical details, > > I will report when I have more details. > > > > * * * > > > > Also in the meantime, two people have contacted me to say that they are > > afraid to post to dev@ because of this thread. I am fucking ashamed for > > us :( > > > > My apologies if my behaviour here contributed to that. > > > > * * * > > > > Everybody, this whole thread is a really poor showing of the otherwise > > amazing developer community around CouchDB. We value any discussion, > > questions and viewpoints you might have. If you have any concerns, please > > post them to this list. > > > > Thanks > > Jan > > -- > > > > > > > -- > Iris Couch > -- NS
