[swift-evolution] Make link to main proposals always on top

[Maximilian Hünenberger]

> Am 22.01.2016 um 01:16 schrieb Jordan Rose <jordan_rose at apple.com>:
> 
> My reaction was mostly "eh" because many mail clients thread responses, making it not too hard to jump back to the first message in a thread. That's not always where a proposal link lives, but usually it is.


> I don't usually look through a response message to find a proposal link in the first place.
> 

That's true therefore it should be a separated section at the top.

> I don't have objections to this. I know I'll forget to do it, but that's true of any new practice, so I can learn.
> 

That's also true. So maybe only the proposer should do that in order to keep the responses relatively clean.

- Maximilian

PS:
Was this the right way/place to make such a proposal?
I also want to propose better organized mailing list archives in order to make proposals (better) searchable and avoid too many duplicate suggestions. Should I do it on this mailing list?

> Jordan
> 
>> On Jan 21, 2016, at 11:21, Maximilian Hünenberger via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Any opinions?
>> 
>>> Am 19.01.2016 um 22:48 schrieb Maximilian Hünenberger via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org>:
>>> 
>>> I'm sorry if this is not the proper way to propose a convention for the actual mailing list.
>>> 
>>> Having a very long Email thread links to proposals are almost always at the bottom of the mail or in a different one.
>>> So I propose a convention to leave the link to the main proposal (if there is one; if not use "_") always on top for quick access.
>>> 
>>> Design:
>>> 
>>>          Proposal link:
>>>          http://linkToProposal
>>> 
>>>          Reply text
>>> 
>>>>         Other replies
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It adds some work to making a reply but I think it pays off.
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> - Maximilian
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