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[GCD] Migrating repositories, issues, and patches to Codeberg

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Message #143 received at 76503 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net, ludo <at> gnu.org,
 Cayetano Santos <csantosb <at> inventati.org>, Andrew Wong <wongandj <at> icloud.com>,
 slade <at> lambda-y.net, 76503 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, guix <at> cbaines.net
Subject: Re: bug#76503: [GCD] Migrating repositories, issues, and patches to
 Codeberg
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:39:22 +0100

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Andrew Wong <wongandj <at> icloud.com> writes:
>
>>> On Feb 25, 2025, at 10:04 AM, Cayetano Santos via Guix-patches 
>>> via <guix-patches <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>>> Still, I wonder how Github
>>> educated people, reluctant to email exchange, will react to a
>>> 
>>>    git push origin HEAD:refs/for/<target-branch>/<session>
>>> 
>>> based workflow, and if this really lowers the barrier to 
>>> entry[1].
>> The linked page refers to a tool called “git-repo”, which 
>> smooths out
>> the more technical bits to commands like “git pr”. From 
>> appearances it
>> seems like using this tool is lower-investment for users than
>> configuring (or changing!) their email client to interact with 
>> mailing
>> lists and the mail-in patch workflow properly. It also helps 
>> that this
>> (optional?) special tool is more “orthogonal” to other 
>> workflows,
>> rather than involving something as central as emails.
>
> You'd still need an email client to interact with guix-devel and 
> our
> other mailing lists, or to create the request to merge a feature 
> branch
> that QA understand (until this is adapted/changed to use 
> something
> else).

The difference is that you don't need to configure "git 
send-email" or
configure a local msmtp to send email to guix-devel or other 
mailing
lists.  For patches sent to guix-patches we recommend configuring 
"git
send-email" to avoid garbled patches.

I know from mentoring people that setting up "git send-email" is a 
real
hurdle, whereas sending simple emails to participate in 
discussions on a
mailing list is not.

-- 
Ricardo

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