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

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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.

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.


That said, we should have some kind of web-based patch submission
thing because that _is_ what the kids expect. Realistically gnats is
useless for this, and sending patches to mailing lists by email has
always been hit or miss.

I remember at one point Joerg was talking about Phabricator except
that it was php. No idea what such tools are currently available.

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David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost