Chad Walters wrote:
I don't see what the issue is if, for example, two developers are collaborating on some code before presenting it to the community. Surely the community doesn't want to see every half-baked thought and incomplete patch set before the author(s) are ready to contribute. Whether two people collaborating are using a Git repo or emailing tarballs of files back and forth is kind of beside the point, isn't it?
There's a fine line between that and a fragmented community. Apache prefers to err on the side of spamming developer lists rather than tempting fragmentation. Individual developers may elect to filter their email, and we can encourage systems that facilitate this, but ideally every project-related communication should be available to everyone.
Doug
