On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 09:08:52AM -0700, Anatol Pomozov wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick > > > > Just do a goddamn filter in Gmail. > > Yes I am aware of filters (I worked in Gmail UI team btw). I already > have 300+ filters and I hate to add more, especially for one-time > notifications. > > Forcing everyone to create a filter for aur notifications sounds wrong > to me. Most people just will not do this. And I think "invisible" > message by default + people's laziness to create filters is the reason > why it is more difficult to get a package maintainer response via > comments rather than via personal email. > > Most web sites (such as forums) known to me send notifications "to:" > user exactly for this reason - make these messages visible by default.
I personally don't have any objections either way, but is there a reason *not* to send notifications directly to the user? Sure, there are ways around it (filters for Gmail) , but why make it an issue in the first place? Just my $0.02 Allen
