On 10/9/25 1:46 AM, David Holland wrote:
On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 10:04:42PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote: > > That's the git(hub) "pull request" issue. > > Right, the "pull request" issue. Where github serves as an example of > how to not do things. Sing it! It's a terrible model for development, and not even a good way to send patches upstream to random projects.
It works OK for smaller contributions and projects that either have no strong opinion on style, commit message guide lines etc. or are willing to clean up those things themselves. It's terrible for actual development and made worse by the limitations of GitHub (and git).
Also, realistically, someone who can't manage to figure out a different patch submission mechanism probably isn't going to be a very successful contributor.
As someone who has tried to upstream hundreds of patches to as many projects, I want a low effort method. Just because I send you a fix for a problem, be it portability or even a bug fix, I don't want to have any significant attachment to your project. Having to sign up to a bug tracker for example is a no-go for that.
Joerg