[Lazarus] limit of mail size to this mailing list

[Florian Klaempfl]

Brad Campbell schrieb:
> Joost van der Sluis wrote:
>>
>> I thought the goal of the limit was to avoid that people would send
>> patches to this mailing list, and then automatically suppose that
>> someone would look at them and commit them.
>>
>> Instead of creating a bug-report.
> 
> Which is an interesting process. I'm quite happy to cast an eye over a
> patch inlined or attached to a mail, but it would have to be
> explained/titled as _very_ interesting to me to make me go and look at
> the tracker, download and examine the patch.
> 
> The easier it is for people to view something, the more likely they are
> to review it.
> 
> Keeping patches off the list is the best way to ensure they won't get
> comments..

Experience showed that patches sent to the mailing list tend to be
forgotten. Not all patches are simply and can be applied immediatly.