[FFmpeg-devel] Project orientation

[Nicolas George]

Kieran O Leary (12020-07-10):
> Same here, been using email to reply to github issues and pull requests
> over the years. The only things i have to watch out for are:
> * People can edit their post in a github issue, so the email version you
> receive may be outdated as it could be updated on github itself. Perhaps
> there's a setting for getting email notifications about updates.

Updates seems like a terrible idea in the first place for this kind of
thing. They are a recipe for misunderstandings: somebody will have read
the original version and not noticed the update, somebody else will have
read the updated version and not be aware of the original.

The correct way to mark an update in a discussion is to say "I changed
my mind".

Can updates be disabled?

> * I usually need to delete the full email quote before replying, as it just
> looks ugly and weird on the web client.

It is a good thing to do for normal mail too. I hope people have noticed
how much more pleasant to read are the mails from those of us who do
always trim our mails than the mails that are not trimmed.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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