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From: Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: 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
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:38:53
Message-Id: 1371393523.22480.6.camel@localhost
In Reply to: [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, =?us-ascii?q?dev-dotnet=2Fnjb-sharp=2Cnet-wireless=2Fipw3?=945, net-wireless/ipw3945-ucode, net-wireless/ipw3945d by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 El dom, 16-06-2013 a las 14:09 +0000, Duncan escribió:
2 > Pacho Ramos posted on Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:19:26 +0200 as excerpted:
3 >
4 > > El dom, 16-06-2013 a las 12:42 +0000, Duncan escribió:
5 > >> Pacho Ramos posted on Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:37:50 +0200 as excerpted:
6 > >>
7 > >> [Snipped as my comment refers to the subject]
8 > >>
9 > >> Could you split-up announcements like this into multiple announcements,
10 > >> so the subject lines remain a reasonable length, please?
11 > >
12 > > I am not sure it deserves the effort, or do you have any idea about how
13 > > to send all this in splitted mails easily (currently, I need to simply
14 > > add all the mask entry and copy it to the mail body) :/
15 >
16 > If it's a (semi-)manual process as the "simply add all" seems to imply,
17 > you could just do it in smaller chunks, say no more than <arbitrary
18 > number, simply eyeballing it's fine> a half-dozen packages at a time, so
19 > the subject length stays reasonable. Or as I said if the packages are
20 > all related, don't worry about the length as it'd then be reasonably easy
21 > to glance at and say "oh, that's nothing I care about anyway" or "that
22 > interests me I better look closer".
23
24 It's a manual process, then, will try to divide them. Currently, length
25 depends on how many opened bugs are pending each time I review the
26 queue ;)