Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] doc: add caveat about turning off commit-graph

From: Oswald Buddenhagen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 10:29:37 +0200

On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 10:16:56AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>There will be lot of unapplied patches left on the mailing list 
>initially until the contributors adjust their behaviour,

>but in the long run it may be beneficial?  
>
no, it won't, because "the contributors" doesn't have a collective mind 
beyond the core group.

every bit of bureaucracy you add just leads to fewer successful (and 
subsequently attempted repeat) contributions.

if the scalability problems with making things contributor-friendly are 
too much for you, then rethink the process/tooling. i've already made my 
case for gerrit [1] ...

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/ZcA0NEb+lnjeZUBe@ugly/