Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrites: rox-base/rox-clib, sys-firmware/iwl3945-ucode, rox-extra/downloadmanager, sys-cluster/mpi-dotnet, media-tv/livestation, dev-lang/boo, gnome-extra/contacts, net-im/qutecom, net-fs/djmount, dev-python/gtkhtml-python, =gnome-extra/gtkhtml-2.11.1, app-office/osmo,app-office/taxbird,app-editors/fte, dev-util/monodoc, dev-dotnet/njb-sharp,net-wireless/ipw3945, net-wireless/ipw3945-ucode, net-wireless/ipw3945d

[Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org>]

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El dom, 16-06-2013 a las 14:09 +0000, Duncan escribió:
> Pacho Ramos posted on Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:19:26 +0200 as excerpted:
> 
> > El dom, 16-06-2013 a las 12:42 +0000, Duncan escribió:
> >> Pacho Ramos posted on Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:37:50 +0200 as excerpted:
> >> 
> >> [Snipped as my comment refers to the subject]
> >> 
> >> Could you split-up announcements like this into multiple announcements,
> >> so the subject lines remain a reasonable length, please?
> > 
> > I am not sure it deserves the effort, or do you have any idea about how
> > to send all this in splitted mails easily (currently, I need to simply
> > add all the mask entry and copy it to the mail body) :/
> 
> If it's a (semi-)manual process as the "simply add all" seems to imply, 
> you could just do it in smaller chunks, say no more than <arbitrary 
> number, simply eyeballing it's fine> a half-dozen packages at a time, so 
> the subject length stays reasonable.  Or as I said if the packages are 
> all related, don't worry about the length as it'd then be reasonably easy 
> to glance at and say "oh, that's nothing I care about anyway" or "that 
> interests me I better look closer".
> 
> If it's an automated script, that could be more difficult, but at the 
> same time, I'd /guess/ that if there's a script doing most of it already, 
> adding logic to split by category and fire off one for each if there's 
> more than a half-dozen individual packages to deal with at once, 
> shouldn't be but an incremental add.
> 
> Using this one as an example, by my count there's 20 packages listed, 
> which would split into ~3-4 separate announcements using the eyeballed 
> half-dozen method, or ~7 announcements using a crude group by first 
> category-segment (rox-*(2), sys-*(2), media*(1), dev-*(4), gnome-*(2), 
> net-*(5), app-*(3) ) automated method.  Using an incrementally more 
> advanced "combine groups until you hit a half-dozen max" method, rox/sys/
> media would combine for one announcement, dev/gnome combine, net by 
> itself, app by itself, four separate announcements total.
> 
> If nobody else finds the long subjects worth worrying about, maybe it's 
> just me and don't worry about it.  But I'd think it'd be easier to follow 
> threads just from an "I'll take this one" reply context as well, as even 
> just that gets confusing to follow when there's 20 unrelated packages in 
> the same thread, such that a dev interested in just one now has to look 
> at all the replies to see if there's an "I'll take this" on his target 
> package already, instead of just scanning subjects and seeing there isn't 
> a reply yet to the thread naming the single package he's interested in.
> 
> But maybe it /is/ just me... <shrug>
> 

Anyway (as you can see in attached screenshot), I don't find summary so
hard to read :|

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