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Is it true that "Linus recently indicated that it's maybe time to move on from email" (fosstodon.org)
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This would be a great development for new contributors!

There was a discussion on LWN.net about it

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

Webmail clients like Gmail just butcher the mails.

Too true. I tried using mailinglists with gmail nearly a decade ago and regretted it.

I believe people hate email workflow just because of how badly its interface is designed.

And the amount of tools you need to know of in order to have a bearable experience. b4, lei, patchwork, notmuch, aerc, ... sounds like a lot of work and knowledge needed just to be able to use a mailinglist. Source forges have an intuitive interface that allow even beginners to contribute without setting up a bunch of tools.

IMO any project looking for contributors and using mailing-lists is either stuck in their ways, targeting a specific group of people, or both. Mailing lists don't bring the boys to the yard. Hopefully the linux kernel maintainers learn this some day.