[diggan]

In what cases is it tricky? I find that most projects use some version of mailman (like QEMU - https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-trivial) and then it's just a question of filling out the form and hitting "Subscribe". I cannot remember project I wanted to contribute to, I had to use git+email and it was difficult to subscribe to the mailing list they want me to use.

[IshKebab]

How is that harder than signing up to Github?

[zanecodes]

I only have to sign up to Github once, not once per project.

[toastal]

That’s because Microsoft GitHub is a proprietary monolith. Compare that to the open core & self-hosting of GitLab the more FOSS-positive space where each server (without federation) requires a new sign up, confirmation emails (meaning you already had to go thru email), CAPTCHAs, setting up new keys, etc. That said, you will need to get your email filters in place or you can get a lot of new, unwanted mail (assuming you are required to sign up which often isn’t the case).

[diggan]

Personally, it's not. I'm using GitHub and I also sometimes send patches in emails.

I'm asking specifically what part of subscribing to mailing lists is the tricky part, as that's what parent mentioned. I'm not saying it's easier/harder than GitHub's workflow.

[wodenokoto]

I think you meant “how is signing up for GitHub harder than that?”

[IshKebab]

Oops yes.

[stefan_]

And then every so often mailman hits you up with "I'm receiving all these bounces from your email server!" because all the various garbage anti-spam techniques were not quite thought out with mailing lists in mind or people have lots of misconfigured servers and servers with different acceptance criteria, and it's all a big mess.

Configuring git send-email is only half the battle, anyway - chances are you want to participate in the discussion of your patch, so better figure out how to make sure your email client will not send the forbidden HTML email.

[b112]

That's a battle??

This sounds like hyperbolic brought on by dislike, not a real indicator of time cost/effort. You've already spent more time complaining, than the work done to do these things!