Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-devel digest question

[Steve Ellcey]

On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 08:39 +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:

> >> I am on various GCC, gdb, and binutils lists and I would say that most
> >> of them send out 4 to 10 digests a day.  qemu-devel seems to send out
> >> a hundred or so.  Any chance of becoming more digest-y?
> 
> How many messages do they pack into a digest?

Looking at the last few gcc-patches digests I would say most have 20 to
30 emails in a digest.  I think the breakup is based on overall size vs.
number of messages though.  I have seen large patches come as the only
email in a digest and I have seen long threads with short comments come
in a digest of 40+ emails.

> > Given the volume of qemu-devel, I can't imagine getting a digest
> > mail being at all usable as an interface to the list...
> 
> Depends on the reader's tooling, I guess.  Not for me to judge.
> 
> Who's our list administator?

Personally, as someone who would like to keep an eye on qemu
development, looking for MIPS specific changes or threads about build
problems in order to see if someone has already run into a problem I
just hit, I find the digest form helpful.  I can scan the various thread
titles and decide if there is anything there I want to read more about.
Having one thread spread across 2 or 3 digests (vs 10 or 20) actually
makes it easier to follow a conversation, not harder.

Steve Ellcey
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