From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Development setup (was: Org-mode release 7.01) Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:26:18 +0200 Message-ID: <4C058B7B-F6E9-490B-9467-4A6B77B1EDAC@gmail.com> References: <87zkxnja2h.fsf@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47949 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ob7Ej-0006HM-3v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:27:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ob7Eh-0001Ba-K1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:27:32 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:37587) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ob7Eh-0001BN-Fo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:27:31 -0400 Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so1728881ewy.0 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:27:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87zkxnja2h.fsf@gmx.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Sebastian Rose Cc: Emacs-orgmode mailing list Hi Sebastian, I would like to fix this as well but have not yet had the time to do so and I am being hampered by my limited knowledge of python and of the patchwork server. This will change, but I don't know how fast. - Carsten On Jul 20, 2010, at 2:01 AM, Sebastian Rose wrote: > Hi Carsten and John, > > >> Also, I need to shout out my gratitude to the increasing number of >> volunteers in the project. >> >> John Wiegley's patchwork server has done wonders for streamlining the >> process of reviewing and applying patches. I have applied dozens of >> patches though this process, just in the last week. >> >> The issue tracker by David Maus has finally brought some structure >> into the stream of ideas and reports on this mailing list, at a >> moment when I was about to falter under the amount of work >> maintaining this project means for me. Frankly, right now I >> don't know how I would do things without David's competent and >> efficient help - he has effectively and silently become >> co-maintainer of this project. > > > The new technique drives me crazy. To me, it feels frustrating > compared > to the direct means of "the good old times". > > > Now, that the release is done, it's time to speak about the next > decade > of Org mode developing ;) > > > > A minute ago I got 5 mails like this one here: > > > Subject: > > "Patchwork: Patch 150 Accepted" > > Body: > > Patch 145 (http://patchwork.newartisans.com/patch/145/) is now > Accepted. > > This relates to the following submission: > > http://mid.gmane.org/%3C1279347713-29950-1-git-send-email-dmaus%40ictsoc.de%3E > > > > > This current mechanism might help the maintainers as it's automated, > but > for me it's hard to follow. > > I often delete mails suggesting patches I don't apprehend. I then get > those dangling "Patchwork: ..." messages. I simply don't want to > gather > all those mails from this high traffic list, just to now to which > issue the accepted patches belong. > > I don't want to click the link(s) in those mails and wait for my > browser > to load either. > > > Suggestions: > > 1.) Could the original mail (the one including the actual patch, > even if > modified) be attached to the autogenerated email, please? > This should be at the very bottom of the mail, because of length > and > priority. > > 2.) And how about the subject? The OP's subject is what I read on the > patchwork server. Why can't that be (part of) the subject of the > "Accepted" message? E.g.: > > [Orgmode] [ACCEPTED] org-capture with LISP function template > > Maybe something that works on gmane et al, too. > > 3.) If there are annotations to the patch, would it be possible to > include that comment in that automated message? I don't now how > the > patch is switched to accepted on the patchwork server. But a > simple > textarea field and appropriate POST variable would do, wouldn't it? > > > > This is all information available on the patchwork server. So I hope > it's just changing a few lines of code? > > I sometimes receive mails from bugzilla servers, concerning bug > reports > I wrote years ago. I never had that problem to understand what those > mails were trying to tell me. > > > Thanks for considering this. > > > Best wishes > > Sebastian > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode - Carsten