@mupuf
It's complicated. 🥴
But Linus recently indicated that it's maybe time to move on from email. We'll see.
Maybe the DRM developers should talk more about their solution and how it works really well for them, then maybe other kernel subsystems might follow suit.
I mean, even git is kinda still optional and one major subsystem until maybe two years ago was sending all their stuff as a patch-bomb to Linus.
This would be a great development for new contributors!
Webmail clients like Gmail just butcher the mails.
Too true. I tried using mailinglists with gmail nearly a decade ago and regretted it.
I believe people hate email workflow just because of how badly its interface is designed.
And the amount of tools you need to know of in order to have a bearable experience. b4, lei, patchwork, notmuch, aerc, ... sounds like a lot of work and knowledge needed just to be able to use a mailinglist. Source forges have an intuitive interface that allow even beginners to contribute without setting up a bunch of tools.
IMO any project looking for contributors and using mailing-lists is either stuck in their ways, targeting a specific group of people, or both. Mailing lists don't bring the boys to the yard. Hopefully the linux kernel maintainers learn this some day.
Too true. I tried using mailinglists with gmail nearly a decade ago and regretted it.
And the amount of tools you need to know of in order to have a bearable experience. b4, lei, patchwork, notmuch, aerc, ... sounds like a lot of work and knowledge needed just to be able to use a mailinglist. Source forges have an intuitive interface that allow even beginners to contribute without setting up a bunch of tools.
IMO any project looking for contributors and using mailing-lists is either stuck in their ways, targeting a specific group of people, or both. Mailing lists don't bring the boys to the yard. Hopefully the linux kernel maintainers learn this some day.