Re: Posting to hackers and patches lists

Alex Hunsaker wrote:
> A big part of my problem with the split is if there is a discussion
> taking place on -hackers I want to be able to reply to the discussion
> and say "well, here is what I was thinking". Sending it to -patches
> first waiting for it to hit the archive so I can link to it in my
> reply on -hackers seems pointless and convoluted.
>
> But if thats what you want, thats what ill try to do from now on :)
>
> For instance the patch Tom reviewed of mine yesterday only -hackers
> was copied, so I maintained that but also added -patches because I was
> sending in a patch...
>
> I think It will be an ongoing problem though especially for new people
> as they probably wont understand the "logical" split...

Patches are an integral part of the conversation about development, I
think trying to split them up is awkward at best. Do people really
still think that the potential for larger messages is really a problem?
By the way, what is the actual size limit on hackers vs patches. I
would imagine that most patches would already fit in the current hackers
limit, especially since you can gzip.