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

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Message #266 received at 76503 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Divya Ranjan <divya <at> subvertising.org>
To: Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 76503 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Guix Devel <guix-devel <at> gnu.org>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, "Thompson,
 David" <dthompson2 <at> worcester.edu>
Subject: Re: [bug#76503] [GCD] Migrating repositories, issues, and patches
 to Codeberg
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:33:32 +0000

Hello Suhail,

> "Thompson, David" <dthompson2 <at> worcester.edu> writes:
>
>> The email-based workflow worked well enough in the early days, but
>> Guix outgrew it 5+ years ago.
>
> Do you also believe that the Linux kernel has outgrown the "email-based
> workflow"?  If not, what makes things different for Guix, in your
> opinion?
>

Despite me being in support of a workflow that doesn’t require opening a browser, while thinking about how Linux kernel does it and Guix, I had to realize that Linux gets a *lot* more in funding and infrastructure than Guix. Of course part of it is because of sheer technological necessity of handling a 30M LOC project that’s used by everyone. But it’s also because they *can* get it, through the help of Linux Foundation and so on.

I don’t think we have that many degrees of freedom here, so we need to be careful about our resources, and the work of volunteers and committers. I would be open to a consideration of using BugZilla or Gerrit for that matter, even though I’m not used to them, the possibility of working with them without a browser, motivates me to learn them.

Regards,
-- 
Divya Ranjan,
Philosophy, Mathematics, Libre Software.

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