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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Scanner: mx0.migadu.com X-Spam-Score: -1.11 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 3644456647 X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -1.11 X-TUID: 1yRmhZfjohid > For this, I either go to issues.guix.gnu.org to download the newest patch= es, > in case the message is not in my inbox. some patchsets evolve a lot, and there are countless messages where obsolet= e patche versions are intermingled with non-obsolete discussion... > Otherwise I do not get your point: I keep untreated messages with the lat= est > patch version in my Guix inbox, and file away the others in a separate mb= ox. > So things are not flat, but have two levels: "to be treated" or "done". my point is that in a PR based model/workflow things like this is done by a= program. and each brain cycle you spend on maintaining the sanity of your = local inbox, is not spent on hacking, and the results of your effort is not= even mirrored into the inbox of the other contributors. this seems like a small thing, but multiply this with every message, and ev= ery potential contributor and maintainer... and then consider its cumulativ= e effect on the emergent order that we call the Guix community. meta: the reason i'm contributing to this discussion is not that i'm proposing to= move to some specific other platform right now. it's rather to nudge the c= onsensus away from the conclusion that the email based workflow is good and= is worth sticking with. once/if we get closer that consensus, only then should the discussion move = on to collect our requirements and evaluate the free sw solutions that are = available today. which again could be organized much better in a wiki than = in email threads, but that's yet another topic... --=20 =E2=80=A2 attila lendvai =E2=80=A2 PGP: 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 -- =E2=80=9CThe only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile= in power without suffering from it.=E2=80=9D =09=E2=80=94 Nassim Taleb (1960=E2=80=93)