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.
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.
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 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.
If you feel like learning more about it, there is a great tutorial available:
https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/3347883