Re: proposal: guix-mentors@gnu.org list/alias

[zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>]

Hi Ricardo,

On Thu, 02 Jun 2022 at 08:17, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:

> I had a similar idea of moving this to the server and triggering an
> email notification … but I didn’t want to overcomplicate the initial
> proposal.  It would indeed be better if a new contributor didn’t also
> have to remember to Cc us.  The email-based workflow is foreign enough
> to be confusing already.

I agree.

Ah sorry, I overcomplicate the discussion. :-)

To me, it could be nice to have a tiny script (or Guix extension or
subcommand), maybe in etc/ which simplifies the workflow; something
similar to ’etc/committer.scm’.

The workflow would be:

        $ edit code
        $ git commit
        $ etc/mentoring.scm

where etc/mentoring would generate the patch(es), add X-Debbugs-CC and
send; assuming a correct ~/.gitconfig.  And maybe this script could
provide a simple hint for configuring git-send-email.

Even, we could imagine that this tiny script would hint the user to run
“guix lint” or “guix style” before pressing yes at the send step.

From my experience, the most confusing is the “wait from Debbugs ID”
part, i.e., check your inbox or spam.  And I do not know how it could be
simplified.


Cheers,
simon