Re: [DISCUSSION] Growing the Git community

"brian m. carlson" [off-list ref] writes:

I think GitGitGadget is a useful tool which I haven't really had the
time to learn how to use.  I appreciate that many people prefer a
patch-based workflow, and that using a patch-based workflow and a
mailing list provides the project independence and avoids favoring any
hosting platform or tool, which I agree with.

I think also that many folks find a pull request-based workflow to be
easier and more familiar and supporting this a bit better may lower the
barrier to entry, so I'm in favor of bridges that make contributing
easier, even if one still needs to subscribe to the list to get
feedback.       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  ^^^^^^^^

Actually you can get feedback without having to subscribe to git mailing
list; and I am not talking here about GitGitGadget gathering response
like GitHub Issues <-> mail bridge.  You can get your feedback via
public-inbox.org, and respond to feedback via public-inboc.org mail to
[Usenet] news interface, reading and replying via NNTP (or replying via
email from thread read via NNTP):
  nntp://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.version-control.git

Unfortunately it looks like newsreaders are dying category of
applications.  KDE's KNode got discontinued in 2015, XPN (X Python
Newsreader) last release had in 2009, MicroPlanet Gravity in 2010; there
is still Pan, Gnus for GNU Emacs; some e-mail clients also have support
for Usenet, like Mozilla Thunderbird (and SeaMonkey), Sylpheed and Claws
Mail.

This technique might not be described in our documentation...

Best,
-- 
Jakub Narębski