Re: Current status of the GNOME Github mirror: ostree module

[Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano gnu org>]

Matthew Barnes <mbarnes redhat com> writes:

> On 05/05/2015 12:59 PM, Andrea Veri wrote:
> > I mainly see two scenarios:
> >
> > 1. Stop using PRs, keep the module mirrored and keep using the Bugzilla workflow
> > 2. Remove the module from the mirror, move it to a different organization
>
> My 2 cents:
>
> Bugzilla's attachment-based patch review workflow frankly sucks
> compared to PRs.
>
> Obviously this is up to Colin, but I would not object to just moving
> OSTree under the Project Atomic umbrella on GitHub.  As in officially,
> not just mirrored there.  That's the context in which most of its
> development is taking place now.
>
> I know it also serves gnome-continuous and the GNOME SDK, but having
> it still hosted on gnome.org feels out of place to me.  Especially if
> PRs are seen by some as controversial.

I had to deal with Bugzilla's attached patches only a few times, so I
haven't much experience in this sense, but I found PRs much better since
the first times I've used them.

Not sure what other alternatives there could be, mailing list &
git-send-email seems fine, Gerrit quite horrible.

Regards,
Giuseppe