Hi Lily, Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prik...@gmail.com> writes:
> Instead, we have seen in this thread appeals to age, appeals to > perceived lack of personal benefit, and now appeals to typing effort, > none of which really make that great of an argument against the > ChangeLog style, especially when they come in combination with a > refusal to make use of already provided tools. I think we're starting > to see the moving of the goal post as the actual game here. This seems to me like an unwarranted accusation. The OP and numerous other users/contributors have reported that they have actual frustrations with the process here, and I don't think this is an healthy interaction. > Maybe it's time to take a step back and instead of asking “How can we > decrease the cognitive overhead for contributors?”, we should perhaps > ask “For which contributors do we want to/can we decrease the cognitive > overhead?” We have drifted much from the original post that discussed > moms with full-time jobs, who struggle to do “difficult” tasks > (simplified wording; may change the meaning of the OP a little). Now, > I personally struggle to see how your personal preference for > communication media, commit message style, and other things that were > discussed in any of the preceding threads actually correlate with being > a parent. However, I do know that with its 150 million users, most > people of the world don't have a Github account. Being one of the 4 > billion email users out there is a comparably low barrier of entry > imho. So, whose cognitive overhead do you want to reduce (besides the > obvious "my own", which everyone always tries)? We could try to time how long it takes to set up the email vs. forge workflow and do a first contribution, I can bet the former is much longer than the latter. Especially if your email host has funky authentication systems. I don't think the number of users of each system is a compelling argument either: you're not going to say that mowing your lawn with a knife is inherently better because more people have knives compared to lawnmowers. Regarding the “mom argument”, I would disagree and say that this is completely related: interruptions are more costly, you're more likely to have less attention span, and overall you probably don't want to commit to 20 steps just to send a contribution. Best, -- Josselin Poiret
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