Re: GitLab mirror considered harmful

[Mike Gorse <mgorse suse com>]

If I understand correctly, a large part of the rationale for the github 
mirror was that it was supposed to result in additional code 
contributors,, since people who already contributed to other github 
projects would be more likely to check out the GNOME code if it was 
mirrored on github. What happens instead is that new contributors 
sometimes don't initially realize that they have checked out a read-only 
mirror, they go through the steps to submit a contribution on github only 
to have their merge request automatically closed, and they might feel 
frustrated. So I think that, unfortunately, the effect of the mirror has 
run counter to the stated goal.

-Mike

On Mon, 4 Feb 2019, Michael Gratton wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> While the GitHub mirror may have been useful back before GitLab, it actually 
> discourages contributions because PRs aren't accepted there. I've not seen 
> from any positive outcomes from it that I can remember, only negative ones. 
> As such I think it should be deleted.
>
> Because of this I just filed: 
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/Infrastructure/issues/86​ – any 
> thoughts?
>
> //Mike
>
>
>
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