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What do y'all think about mailing lists and IRC as sole communication channels? (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Say you want to contribute to a project and find out the only way to do so is by discussing the issue on IRC or the mailing list, then submitting the patch per email.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

If mailing lists had a view like reddit / lemmy / slashdot / hackernews, I might be more willing to use them, but that wouldn't solve contributions for me. I have no idea how to format emails to comment on code and then follow ensuing discussions. And how would CI work?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Email how to: https://useplaintext.email

Small change: git diff origin master > mycontribution.patch and paste it into email body.

Big change: same as small, but add as attachment.

Subscribe to coreutils mailing list - low enough volume to not get overwhelmed and established enough to get a feel of the culture.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If you feel like learning more about it, there is a great tutorial available:

https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/3347883