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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Cc: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>,
	       Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>,
	       Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>,
	gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org,        libstdc++ <libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clean up references to Subversion in documentation sources.
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:11:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200127193302.GB22482@gate.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200113181215.GA126826@thyrsus.com>

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 01:12:15PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>:
> > Email the patches to gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, that's how things get
> > merged.
> > 
> > We're not looking to change any workflows now.
> 
> Roger that.
> 
> Once the dust from the conversion has settled, though, there is a
> related issue I intend to bring up on the main list.
> 
> You've only collected about 60% of the potential benefits from git
> by adopting git itself.  The other 40% would come from moving
> to to one of the modern git-centric forges like GitHub or GitLab.

NAK.

Our development model fits our needs well, even with all its warts.
A "pull request" model would not fit well *at all*.

The "everything passes through email" model is *good*, not in the least
because it puts everyone on a level playing field.  Everyone can see
everything, and comment on everything.

And if it slows you down, well, that is a good thing as well probably!
Thought and carefulness and looking at things from multiple angles is
what we need, not raw speed: we need good changes, we do not need making
it easier to get your changes included at the cost of basic quality.

Anyway, 90% of the advantages of using Git come from using it *locally*,
which many of us have been doing since forever and a day already.


Segher

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-27 19:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-13 16:09 Eric S. Raymond
2020-01-13 16:21 ` Sandra Loosemore
2020-01-13 16:40   ` Joseph Myers
2020-01-13 17:35     ` Eric S. Raymond
2020-01-13 18:06       ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-01-13 18:38         ` Eric S. Raymond
2020-01-27 20:11           ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2020-01-20  4:40     ` Sandra Loosemore
2020-01-20 23:05       ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-01-13 17:12   ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-01-13 17:27     ` Jonathan Wakely
2020-01-14 11:46       ` Gerald Pfeifer
2020-01-15 21:52 ` Jonathan Wakely

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