Hello Nicolas,
What are you doing with any one of these reports once you have read it? I still think that it should be a daily or weekly digest. Then, if some people want more thorough reports, it's possible to set up a mailing list just for that.
There are more than 30 commits message since August, 20th. What it's gonna be when there will be more and more active developers? There will be no place for discussions on Squeak dev mailing list because we are flooded by reports.
I really see this step as a manner to stimulate the community to contribute. It shouldn't replace opening a Monticello browser and browse through packages, where you can see the very same descriptions and full code along side. That's how you can have thorough report rather than on a mailing list.
Ian.
2009/8/24 Nicolas Cellier nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com:
I personnally prefer fine grained commit reports. The only interest of a daily/weekly commit report I see is to throw it in one click in the garbage folder...
Nicolas
2009/8/24 Ian Trudel ian.trudel@gmail.com:
It should perhaps be considered to have a daily or even weekly commits summary message, rather than having a message on (almost) every commit. The point of the message is to create excitement about Squeak core development, rather than annoying people, as far as I understand.
I have actually set up a filter to have commits in a separate folder. However, I would certainly keep them unfiltered if it was daily or weekly. And it should be the way to go... some commit messages spurred discussions and it's a good thing.
Ian.