[RFC] time to move to github?

Greg Elin gregelin at gitmachines.com
Wed Apr 9 13:07:28 UTC 2014


Jan, thanks for responding to me. 

Let's say I want to make a small patch to fix a typo. Do you have a link that explains how I would get started using current process?

Greg

Greg Elin
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> On Apr 9, 2014, at 5:59 AM, Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Greg,
> 
>  thank you for the reply.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Greg Elin" 
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 9:16:29 PM
>> 
>> I also find the patch by email process confusing.
> 
> It's confusing because it differs from the GitHub's one? [*] Or you are
> missing the Gerrit instance to be able to focus just at the most preferred
> issue and have easy way to comment on that one? Or the ticketing system?
> Anything else?
> 
>> 
>> I consider that my issue, of course, and that I need to just sit down and
>> learn it. Alas, learning patch by email becomes one of those tasks that is
>> very easy to put off in the face of other urgencies.
> 
> So the issue is git-email setup? [*]
> 
>> 
>> I'll ask a silly question. What if we put a branch on GitHub to test while
>> continuing to use Fedora hosted? It would be a little extra work for a bit
>> for someone to keep them in sync. But if they are both Git under the hood,
>> shouldn't it be relatively easy to maintain both for a 45 day trial.
> 
> Thank you && Regards, Jan.
> --
> Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Technologies Team
> 
> [*] As already mentioned, it's documented at:
>    https://fedorahosted.org/scap-security-guide/wiki/becomeadeveloper
> 
> but maybe it should be improved to be more elaborated / sophisticated like
> e.g. oVirt's one:
>  http://www.ovirt.org/Working_with_oVirt_Gerrit
> 
> is (so interested contributor could "in five minutes" finish the setup easily,
> and start looking into the issues)
> 
>> 
>> Greg Elin
>> personal cell: 917-304-3488
>> personal email: greg at fotonotes.net
>> email: gregelin at gitmachines.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Shawn Wells < shawn at redhat.com > wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/8/14, 2:57 PM, Ronald wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> from a personal perspective, as a github users (read biased opinion), I've
>> been refrained from contributing and publishing diffs because:
>> - the process of patch approval was not clear,
>> - communication around a patch is made difficult by mail (which are already
>> follinwg throughout the days)
>> - current open issues are not listed and cannot be discussed by the community
>> (to propose patch for instance)
>> 
>> I have the feeling that a move to github would make lots of things clear for
>> global collaboration. Although, the fact that the project is hosted at
>> fedora is a good quality stamp/branding :)
>> 
>> The https://fedorahosted.org/scap- security-guide/ could remain the same (for
>> branding, as pointed out), however the underling source repo could be moved
>> to github.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> my two cents.
>> Thank you!
>> 
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