Viktor Szakáts wrote:
Hi Phil,
What is the problem with my proposal?
You are creating a feed to the mail system that there is no way to
opt out of, thus giving regular subscribers no way to reduce their
mail burden. Sure you can filter i away, but only after you have
downloaded it. And it's going to have a size limit of 150k. That's
a lot of downloading just to throw it away.
Wrong. The commit mails without diffs are just as small as current
ChangeLog
e-mails. Same thing. No need to raise size limits. Same amount of mails.
It _replaces_ current ChangeLog e-mails, so total number of received
mails
are _unchanged_.
What I am proposing is an opt in system. You only have to join it
once, it lasts indefinitely. You create a filter to put it in the
correct mailbox, that lasts indefinitely. This is a very minor
burden to give choice to others before the mail download instead
of after the mail download.
Your method reduces choice and increases mail burden. People with
modems do care about this stuff. I believe in efficiency whenever
I can get it. Choice is good when it's not excessive and
burdensome, which this is not. Subscribe once, add one rule and
you get exactly what you want.
Sorry to say, but I think you've totally misunderstood me.
I've offered to give you:
1. If you reply to these messages, the reply goes to the developer list.
2. By adding one rule in your email system, you can have them delivered
to the same developer folder that you already have.
How is that not exactly what you want? I mean, if it's such a big deal
that you would have to subscribe, I can do that for you.
I think you have totally misunderstood me. I offered not only a way to
get what you wanted, but I also offered the flexibility to opt out of
this automated mail for anyone who doesn't want it.
I think I understood you perfectly. You don't want to subscribe to
another list and combine it with the one you already have. I want people
to have that capability and I offered you a way to have it your way too
with one simple step on your end.
This is not rocket science.
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