05.08.2014 08:41, Chen Gang wrote: > > Every members have their own tastes, and one working flow may be not > suitable for all members. I can understand, and hope other members > understand too. > > At least for me, next, I shall send patch to the members which I can get > from 'get_maintainers.pl' and only Cc to qemu-devel. And shall skip > qemu-trivial and Michael Tokarev.
Why skip both? It's your call, but I'm curious. What I _think_ wrong is that get_maintainers.pl lists many random "patchers" for a given file by default. Besides, we should probably review role of Anthony Ligory, because he is returned as a sole contact for manu files, but apparently he does not reply to emails anymore. [] >>> I'm not sure how people treat these cases or deal with them. >>> We are subscribed to, in particular, qemu-devel@, and active >>> maintainers look there too, so receive more than one copy of >>> many emails. >> >> I believe fighting the established convention to copy is futile. I >> embrace it instead, and make it help me prioritize my reading. Copy me, >> and I'll at least skim cover letters and other thread-starters to >> determine whether I need to follow this thread. Don't copy me, and I'll >> at best glance at the subject in passing. We created some separate mailinglists - for example -trivial@ - especially to get such attention. This is what I'm talking about, in most part, because main qemu mailinglist traffic become quite a bit high to follow it closely, and it is a good idea indeed to Cc someone when sending mail to qemu-devel@. But even there, Cc'ing random "patchers" as get_maintainer.pl often suggests is _not_ a good idea. I think. >> Automatic filing into folders and marking copies so I don't have to mark >> them read twice helps. >> >> The additional traffic is a drop in a bucket. Which traffic you refer to as "additional"? The personal emails? At least in my case it is quite significant because of qemu, and qemu is _far_ from a single project where I actively contributed. For example, I contributed many things to postfix, but I don't have to worry about it in any way, and I don't receive random personal emails - if something is being Cc'ed to me it really is something important. Ditto for linux kernel and other areas. In case of qemu, see -- for example, Anthony, who apparently stepped out from qemu. Almost every email on qemu-devel@ is being Cc'ed to him nowadays, so he receives _whole_ qemu-devel@ in his personal mailbox. Is it also a drop in (his) bucket? Thanks, /mjt
