[squeak-dev] Trunk commits

Frank Shearar frank.shearar at angband.za.org
Mon Aug 24 09:37:36 UTC 2009


Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> 
> On 24.08.2009, at 11:24, Frank Shearar wrote:
> 
>> Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>>> On 23.08.2009, at 23:51, Michael van der Gulik wrote:
>>>> Hi all.
>>>>
>>>> Would it perhaps be better to have the automated trunk commit 
>>>> messages going to some other dedicated mailing list?
>>>>
>>>> Gulik.
>>> I was curious how long it would take the first one to speak up :)
>>
>> Hah, yes indeed :)
>>
>>> No, I would rather create a squeak-users list for those not 
>>> interested in developing Squeak itself, but just "with" Squeak. IMHO 
>>> the commits messages make the community development process visible, 
>>> which is a Good Thing.
>>
>> Well, while they are a bit noisy, I don't mind them, and they _do_ 
>> provide visibility into the process. I can't say I read all of them, 
>> but   I like having the option of just skimming diffs if I feel the urge.
>>
>> Other mailing lists do the same: slime-devel have a "Daily Commit Log" 
>> message. That might be an option if people find the messages TOO 
>> noisy: bundle the commits into a single message per day. Pros: less 
>> noise on the list; cons: higher latency for those interested. But, I 
>> guess, one could have BOTH: a daily message with all the commits (or a 
>> summary, if the message ends up bigger than 100K) to squeak-dev and, 
>> er, a squeak-dev-dev for the full fat option.
> 
> 
> That's precisely what I proposed an hour before ;) Wanna work on it?

This is a fine example of what high latency does :). I saw your earlier 
mail, typed up my response, and THEN read the next 10 hours or so of the 
list :)

Er, did I just put my neck out? I won't promise anything, but I'll 
definitely take a look. (I've two or three deadlines rushing down on me 
at the moment.)

frank



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