On 2013-01-09 13:34:12 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Am I the only one who finds this way of posting patches really annoying?
Well, I unsurprisingly don't ;)
> Here is a patch with no description other than a list of changed
> files. And discussion happens in a completely different email.
They contain the commit message - which in most of the cases is more
informative than the one just posted, which was definitely rather
short. It should like in
e.g.http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/1352942234-3953-11-git-send-email-andres%402ndquadrant.com
> What's wrong with just posting the patch as a regular attachment(s) to
> a regular thread, like other people do?
Two issues:
- If you have a bigger series of patches (like the whole logical decoding thing) posting all patches in a single mail
makesthe following thread even harder to follow than its currently the case. Note how even in this, far smaller, case
thediscussion actually happened in the appropriate subthreads. I find it way much easier to reread through an old
threadthat way to reassure myself what was discussed.
- mhonarc does really strange things if you attach two git created patches (splits them into multiple mails)
> It may be just me. But it may be others as well, so I figured I should
> raise the issue :)
I am happy to comply with whatever others prefer.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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