On Mar 3, 2012, at 1:17 AM, Arvind Prabhakar wrote: > Hi Ralph, > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Actually, I meant to post a few days ago as I very much dislike the email >> traffic in this list. In all the projects I participate on I separate Jira >> messages out and place them in their own folder so that I can more easily >> follow the human generated traffic. Unfortunately, it seems that I can't >> really do that in this list because the review messages show up such that >> they are indistinguishable from a normal reply. In fact, once I replied >> before I realized I needed to go into the review to make the comment. In >> addition, I believe all of these also appear in the Jira issue and email. >> The end result is I end up deleting a lot of emails without reading them but >> I'm unsure if I'm missing something I should have looked at. Also, the >> review tool seems to cause way more emails than I am used to from other >> projects. >> > > Not sure if you are suggesting that the excessive email traffic comes > in the way of you participating in code reviews. If so, how do you > suggest we fix it?
1. Many projects have separate mailing lists. So Jira issue emails go to an issues@ list. Review emails could be routed there or to a separate review@ list. 2. It appears to me that duplicate emails are being generated. The Review tool is sending the review comments to the dev list. Jira is then sending the same comments as Jira updates. Eliminate one set of those emails if possible. 3. Switch to CTR ;-) That would change the way either the Review tool or Jira is used. (Too be honest, I don't mind the review tool. I just find using the Review tool AND Jira AND svn to be overkill). > >> Just to put this in perspective, I follow over 30 mailing lists plus my >> normal work email. I get several hundred emails a day from the ASF so >> anything that can be done to improve this is a big help. >> > > I am sure many of us are in the same boat and have worked out > solutions that cater to individual needs. Personally, I use filters a > lot but that may or may not work for all. I have lots of filters and lots of folders. It helps but it doesn't change the number of emails to go through. Ralph
