Well, it reduces the need, and arguably having the traffic on one  
list means commentary on change proposals can branch into general  
commentary more naturally.

jim

On Oct 13, 2006, at 8:56 AM, P T Withington wrote:

> Hm.  This would work really well if we could get the d*mn mailing
> list software to _not_ break links in its mad penchant to wrap lines.
>
> The two example links you sent are the same.
>
> I am happy to use this mechanism now that I know I don't have to sync
> to get the file.
>
> Does this mean we don't need the laszlo-reviews mailing list after  
> all?
>
> On 2006-10-12, at 19:07 EDT, Benjamin Shine wrote:
>
>>
>> I just posted a few with this mechanism so you can try it out --
>> the review mail would say this:
>> Imported as http://svn.openlaszlo.org/openlaszlo/patches/
>> patch.ben.BMaF.tgz
>> and if you click on that link, it downloads the tgz for you
>>
>> You can also get the individual tar with
>> svn export http://svn.openlaszlo.org/openlaszlo/patches/
>> patch.ben.BMaF.tgz
>> which gives you a non-version-controlled, vanilla tgz file.
>>
>> -ben
>>
>> On Oct 12, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Jim Grandy wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, but they don't have to sync. They just click on the link in the
>>> email, and get a download dialog in their browser (at least, they
>>> will if we construct the dialog correctly). It's actually less  
>>> error-
>>> prone and more streamlined, because there's no possibility of
>>> neglecting to add the patch to the review mail.
>>>
>>> jim
>>>
>>> On Oct 12, 2006, at 3:40 PM, P T Withington wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think this proposal stores less bits on hard drives but makes the
>>>> reviewer's job more complicated (they have to sync to get the
>>>> review changes).  I prefer the existing mechanism.  If there were
>>>> some way to tell the mailing list not to archive attachments,
>>>> perhaps that would be a good compromise?
>>>>
>>>> On 2006-10-12, at 15:07 EDT, Jim Grandy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just remembered we had a possibly-complementary proposal on the
>>>>> table as well:
>>>>>
>>>>> Modify the review tools to check the changeset in to Subversion
>>>>> instead of sending it as an email attachment.
>>>>>
>>>>> So svn-review would do a
>>>>>
>>>>>> svn import patch.ptw.xPLr.tgz http://svn.openlaszlo.org/
>>>>> openlaszlo/patches/patch.ptw.xPLr.tgz
>>>>>
>>>>> And add a link to the patch to the review email:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://svn.openlaszlo.org/openlaszlo/patches/patch.ptw.xPLr.tgz
>>>>>
>>>>> The argument is that we would then be storing the patch once,
>>>>> rather than transporting and storing it for each member of
>>>>> whichever list it goes to. And yes, these files would live on in
>>>>> Subversion, but that's arguably better than living on in many,
>>>>> many email archives.
>>>>>
>>>>> jim
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 12, 2006, at 11:45 AM, P T Withington wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We've had a few complaints about the 'review mail' noise on the
>>>>>> laszlo-dev mailing list, especially the large attachments that go
>>>>>> with the review submission.  If no one objects, I plan to  
>>>>>> create a
>>>>>> new list <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for review mail
>>>>>> (and
>>>>>> ask that reviewers direct their review requests there).  If
>>>>>> members
>>>>>> of this list want to continue to receive review mail, they will
>>>>>> need
>>>>>> to join the new list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll send mail to the list when the new one is set up and  
>>>>>> ready to
>>>>>> accept subscriptions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P T Withington
>>>>>> OpenLazslo.ORG                       <http://www.openlaszlo.org>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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