[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Suggestion for a Nicer Integration with GitHub

[Diederick C. Niehorster]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 3:45 PM <ffmpegandmahanstreamer at e.email> wrote:
> I agree with softworkz here. There are skilled programmers who like mailing lists, and ones that don't. Same goes with unskilled prorammers as well. The times are changing and the project needs to be ready for that. Not everyone even likes mailing lists in the first place, so why not accomodate both?

In the last few days there was also a discussion about how hard it is
to filter out relevant/new text from mailing threads, sometimes even
if proper spacing is used. I for one like helping my visual system by
using interfaces that clearly distinguish additions and deletions,
provide me with any context i want in place, integrate but visually
clearly separate review comments, group those comments in threads,
etc. That is, an interface like github offers. That is an interface
that allows me to spend my energy on function, not form and busywork.

If it is possible to set up using the suggested tool without detriment
to people liking the mailing list style, i don't see what one could
have against it. Should experience prove it leads to endless junk
submissions it could be reconsidered/mitigations could be put in
place. But we cannot estimate how likely that is, and should not be
guided in the decision by such reasoning. If it works for git, i don't
see why it wouldn't here. I hope more senior devs chime in, as well as
someone with sufficient admin right that they could potentially set it
up.

For the record, despite being on windows, setting up git sendmail was
just a matter of google and trying out the simplest of a few
procedures i found, done in a jiffy. That said, setting it up and
learning how to use it did seem like an extra hurdle, one i gladly
took because i cared, but a waste of time nonetheless.

Cheers,
Dee