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

[Ganesh Sittampalam]

On 15/08/2012 11:52, Benjamin Franksen wrote:
> Iago Abal wrote:
>> 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 support the idea that a (auto-named) patch bundle file is created by 
> default, so it cannot be lost, but I would like darcs to at least try to 
> send it by default, too. Darcs should do what the command says w/o any extra 
> configuration; if send no longer sends mail, I would have to add yet another 
> line to my ~/.darcs/default.

+1 to this idea. I think the idea of darcs send not sending is weird :-)

Another thought: automatically CC the user (using ~/.darcs/author) and
tell them in the message that if they don't get the email, the intended
recipient probably didn't either.

Ganesh