Re: Please merge the three pull requests on GitHub

[Andrew Miloradovsky <miloradovsky gmail com>]

On 04/19/2017 03:51 PM, Alexandre Franke wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Andrew Miloradovsky
> <miloradovsky gmail com> wrote:
> > Where, reaching the step 4, we realize that we have to send a patch set,
> > and the review process is fully manual, nothing even close to the pull
> > requests mechanism exists. Or... the manual is simply outdated and we
> > have to look for a more efficient submission method somewhere else. At
> > least that were my thoughts.
> The described process is one way to do it that will work for anyone,
> especially newcomers. There are other ways. Many developers use a
> command line tool called git-bz that allows one to interact with
> Bugzilla directly from your shell, and we find that superior to the
> workflow from GitHub which forces you to do stuff in a Web browser.
> It’s at http://git.fishsoup.net/cgit/git-bz/ in case you want to give
> it a try.
>
> In any case I think the “go fuck myself” in your initial mail was exaggerated.
Perhaps, but that was my impression at that time.
I actually have `git-bz` installed, but yet have to figure out how to
use it...
> > Yes I do! But the process of using Bugzilla feels like a step backward.
> It’s certainly different, but it’s a question of habit. To people who
> work with Bugzilla everyday, GitHub sometimes feels like a step
> backward. I’m not going to discuss this further as it can easily
> derive into a sterile argument.
>
> GNOME is evaluating alternatives, which means we may be using
> something else at some point. Stay tuned.
Currently I'm a fan of GitLab: would be nice if Gnome had an active
mirror using it.