On Wednesday 15 July 2009 19:01:05 Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Bernd Helmle<mailings@oopsware.de> wrote:
> > --On 15. Juli 2009 08:06:48 +0200 Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
wrote:
> >> It should not create multiple threads I think as all messages were a
> >> response the first mail?
> > It does (at least my MUA understood that correctly), but since many
> > people are reading in a "backlog"-style manner, i have to agree with
> > Robert. It makes it a little bit harder to track all changes which are
> > intended by a specific discussion.
For me its easier, as the different discussions are kept separate...
> Gmail starts a new thread if the subject line is changed, but I'm not
> going to hold the entire world hostage to my preferred email client.
> There are other problems, too, like if I want to apply this patch I
> have to download multiple emails to do it, and multiple links have to
> be added to the CommitFest app to reference the different parts.
Referencing the top Mail seems enough for me. To apply patches from mail I
have setup a filter which can apply an mbox directly...
But as patches I send are not intended to be consumed by me, I will stop
sending patches like that ;-)
Andres
PS: Gmail is a strange beast.