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Re: irt: Re: Core statement on version control systems



At Fri, 10 Oct 2025 01:16:49 +0200, Jörg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote:
Subject: Re: irt: Re: Core statement on version control systems
> 
> 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.

Indeed!

That's why I believe the only viable solution in today's world is to
leverage the features of a _public_ _Git_-based hub/forge, or maybe even
more than one.

Most third parties who might contribute to NetBSD will already have an
account on one of those public forges and they will already know how to
use Git (and probably like using Git).  It must be possible for them to
make a public clone on that forge site, push their proposed changes to
it, and for there to be some built-in notification method that allows
them to write up a request that gets the attention of the NetBSD
project, i.e. a developer with a commit bit and the willingness to
review those changes and if/when appropriate pull them in.

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