Re:Mailing lists vs Github
by megous on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @10:25AM
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Just because author doesn't use mailing lists, doesn't mean it's a self-refuting argument, or that nobody else does.
Also it's a comparison with pros/cons. What's to refute?
It's quite acurate, and I liked the depth.
One other major dis-benefit of github is hiding of contact information. If you're communicating on ML, you autmatically have everyone's email, and can contact them privately or publicly any time, even when ML goes away.
What happens when github goes away? Or you're banned. Or it's banned in a certain country. Even if it's for a day or two. You have to build contacts outside of github in order not to lose them, and bother people even if you don't intend to communicate atm.
Re:Mailing lists vs Github
by kazinator on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @12:25PM
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Author doesn't say he or she doesn't use mailing list; only that he or she hasn't submitted a code change through a mailing list, for undisclosed reasons.
Also it's a comparison with pros/cons. What's to refute?
It's quite acurate, and I liked the depth.
One other major dis-benefit of github is hiding of contact information. If you're communicating on ML, you autmatically have everyone's email, and can contact them privately or publicly any time, even when ML goes away.
What happens when github goes away? Or you're banned. Or it's banned in a certain country. Even if it's for a day or two. You have to build contacts outside of github in order not to lose them, and bother people even if you don't intend to communicate atm.