On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:58:08PM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> Which, in the context of what this follows (how to submit a bug, > questions etc.) isn't a good use of time for the person reading the > instructions. > > Maybe something more like: > > diff --git a/README.md b/README.md > index f17af66a97..dc175757fa 100644 > --- a/README.md > +++ b/README.md > @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ the body to majord...@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list > archives are > available at <https://public-inbox.org/git/>, > <http://marc.info/?l=git> and other archival sites. > > +You don't need to be subscribed to the list to send mail to it, and > +others on-list will generally CC you when replying (although some > +forget this). It's adviced to subscribe to the list if you want to be > +sure you're not missing follow-up discussion, or if your interest in > +the project is wider than a one-off bug report, question or patch. > + > The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that > list the current status of various development topics to the mailing > list. The discussion following them give a good reference for You perhaps already read it, but you may want to steal wording or suggestions from the mailing list section at: https://git-scm.com/community which is covering the same ideas (and vice versa, patches to that page are welcome if the README says something better). -Peff
