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

[Eric Kow]

On 9 Sep 2012, at 17:00, Ganesh Sittampalam wrote:
>> 
>> 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.

As I understand it, the current plan is to make the trigger send --sendmail-command

The auto-CC option has already been discussed.
I don't think it runs afoul of the absence-of-feedback != feedback-about-absence
problem.  You don't know you haven't received a CC because you forget to expect it.
It's a non-event.

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Eric Kow <http://erickow.com>