On 27/8/20 2:12 pm, andrew fabbro wrote:
>> "It is a fairly specific workflow that is a challenge for some newer
>> developers to engage with. As an example, my partner submitted a patch
>> to OpenBSD a few weeks ago, and he had to set up an entirely new mail
>> client which didn't mangle his email message to HTML-ise or do other
>> things to it, so he could even make that one patch. That's a barrier to
>> entry that's pretty high for somebody who may want to be a first-time
>> contributor.""
>>
> If someone struggles to send a plain-text email, what are the odds their
> OpenBSD patch is going to be accepted...
It's not like tools don't exist for doing exactly that built into the
version control system… *cough* `git send-email` *cough*.
--
Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)
I haven't lost my mind...
...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
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