[darcs-users] darcs UI: send = bundle file; send --mail = mail

[Iago Abal]

In my opinion you made a very good choice by making -O the default behavior
of darcs send. I don't see any problem with a command named "send" that
does not send anything... its purpose is to generate a bundle *to be sent*,
and it can actually send it automatically if you want.

When I started contributing Darcs I had that problem, and it was
irritating. I wanted to upload a patch but I didn't have too much time.
Hence, I "configured" my sendmail and run darcs send... a few days later I
discovered that my sendmail configuration was wrong and the mail was lost.

I just wanted to support this change.
Cheers,

Iago Abal Rivas


On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Eric Kow <eric.kow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've pushed a patch to the screened (bleeding-edge) repository that
> changes the Darcs UI in the following way:
>
> * darcs send just generates a patch bundle (equivalent to darcs-2.8 send
> -O)
> * darcs send --mail by itself sends the bundle via sendmail (no file
> saved; equivalent to darcs-2.8 send)
> * darcs send --mail -O should ignores the --mail flag (likewise with -o)
> (the idea being that if you put --mail in your defaults, you can still
> override it)
>
> If this change is accepted, it will filter through to the Darcs 2.10
> release. If you use darcs send to communicate patches with your team, it's
> worth making note of this change (the UI will remind you).
>
> The thinking behind this is a belief that people these days don't
> generally have a mailer properly configured on their computer (one that
> provides a sendmail) command, and a more useful workflow for such users is
> just for it to be convenient to create patch bundle files that they can
> email by hand.
>
> Basically darcs send (--mail) is great for users like me who use Darcs on
> a daily basis, but perhaps not so great for somebody who's just trying
> darcs out, or forced to use it to interact with their Darcs-using friends.
>  It'd be a really bad thing for them if darcs send were to succeed and
> mysteriously dump your patch into a blackhole (your improperly configured
> mailer's queue)
>
> http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2204
>
> It's likely that I've not seen the whole picture here, so any feedback you
> might have would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Eric Kow <http://erickow.com>
>
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