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Re: RFC: mailer.py - should it do other kinds of commit notification too?

From: <kfogel_at_collab.net>
Date: 2004-12-17 20:42:16 CET

"Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net> writes:
> Issue #2098 contains a "commit-notification by RSS feed" script, which
> is derived from an old version of mailer.py
>
> For maintainability, it makes sense to merge the functionality into
> mailer.py, or reject it outright.
>
> So, my question is:
>
> *** Should mailer.py do other kinds of commit-notification as well as
> email, or should it not? ***
>
> My main concern is that there is already a whole seperate project:
> commitmessage.tigris.org dedicated to building a pluggable commit
> message notification system, currently featuring email and IM (AIM &
> MSN) methods.
>
> Opinions?

I think mailer.py should be about email. A separate program for RSS
feeds makes more sense. Otherwise, mailer.py expands into a generic
hook script -- IOW, 'cp mailer.py hooks/post-commit', which is sort of
a circular direction to go.

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