NAK - I don't think the defaults should be changed; instead provide docs on how to do so Don't force projects to change if they don't want to
On Wed, 2 Aug 2023 at 07:46, Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > > Well, > > stating the obvious, I’ll add my +1 ;-) > > And yes Craig, I said the defaults … if you have explicitly configured your > .asf.yaml subjects, they are left unchanged. > > Chris > > > Von: Richard Zowalla <rich...@zowalla.com> > Datum: Mittwoch, 2. August 2023 um 08:10 > An: dev@community.apache.org <dev@community.apache.org> > Betreff: Re: [POLL] Should we ask Infra to change the defaults used to > generate GitHub integration email subjecs? > +1 > > Am 2. August 2023 07:47:25 MESZ schrieb Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com>: > >+1 > > > >On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 2:15 AM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Christofer, > >> > >> As long as projects with their own settings can continue to use them, I'm > >> > >> +1 > >> > >> to change the defaults for all projects. If the projects don't like being > >> able to use their lists again, they can always go back to what they had > >> before. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Craig > >> > >> > On Aug 1, 2023, at 05:16, Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > Starting a new thread as the last one sort of dried up and didn’t quite > >> > form anything actionable. > >> > > >> > Being subscribed to many of our mailing-lists and most recently looking > >> > into every project, dev-lists when reviewing board reports, I have seen > >> > many of our lists literally being rendered useless. > >> > > >> > Useless, because it’s almost impossible to follow these lists, as a > >> > large percentage of the emails are: > >> > > >> > * Generated emails and the way they are currently generated makes it > >> > impossible for email clients to correctly display them as threads. > >> > * Contain so much redundant information, that the actual start of the > >> > header that I’m interested in reading is usually not readable on mobile > >> > phones. > >> > * Most discussions have been moved away from the lists > >> > (notifications@, commits@), having left over only skeletons in which > >> > every now and then a vote is being handled. > >> > > >> > My proposal is to change the default settings for auto-generated GitHub > >> > emails for all projects (not just the new ones) to be a much more > >> > condensed version. > >> > > >> > With these changes, all existing lists, that haven’t manually configured > >> > the format of the emails, instantly get readable lists again. > >> > > >> > Some would argue that there might be projects that could object these > >> > changes, but I would on the other hand bet that more projects would be > >> > in favor of such a change than not. > >> > Those who don’t want a change, can simply go back to the old format, by > >> > specifying it in one commit for which we can even provide a default > >> > .asf.yaml snippet. > >> > > >> > Some people expressed the wish to have longer prefixes, such as > >> > “[ISSUE]”, “[PULL-REQUEST]” or “[DISCUSSION]” however do these not add > >> > much information to the email that “[I]”, “[PR]” and “[D]” don’t and the > >> > shorter version allows displaying more of the subject on mobile email > >> > clients. > >> > > >> > Here’s an example of a project list before the changes: > >> > https://lists.apache.org/list?d...@streampipes.apache.org:dfr=2023-1-9|dto=2023-1-15 > >> > Here’s an example of the same list after using the other defaults: > >> > https://lists.apache.org/list?d...@streampipes.apache.org:dfr=2023-6-12|dto=2023-6-18 > >> > > >> > Here’s an example on how even ponymail is now able to display something > >> > happening on GitHub as a discussion you can also follow nicely via email: > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread/rnr9tjx9rsnqc7b5nwcf68qnp5bkr9hc > >> > > >> > I would propose to keep the repository as part of the templates, even if > >> > since my PR last week was merged it’s now possible to omit that too. > >> > > >> > I care deeply about our projects, and I would really hate to see our > >> > core principles being lost more and more (“If it didn’t happen on the > >> > list, it didn’t happen”). > >> > > >> > You would make me really happy if I could get some general approval by > >> > you folks here. > >> > > >> > > >> > Chris > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Craig L Russell > >> c...@apache.org > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > >For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
