Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: devmanual moved to github

[Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>]

Markos Chandras wrote:
> The repository is still accessible in http://git.overlays.gentoo.org
> and read-only access is still available. However, the write access
> removed because of potential conflicts between g.o.g.o and github.
> If you can guarantee me that people will not mess things up and not
> commit only to one of the to remotes, then we can enable write access
> again.

It makes sense to only have one main repository, but I don't think it
makes sense to make that github.


> Besides, most fixes come from users (maybe not the actual patches but
> they spot most of the problems) so providing an easier way for them to
> contribute is preferred.

Have you operated or used Gerrit? I think it's a really great tool to
kill two birds with one stone; commits can be reviewed, iterated,
accepted and rejected easily and all that is required to contribute
(push a commit to Gerrit) is an OpenID and an SSH key.


> Moreover, github provides other facilities such as code reviews,
> which the Gentoo's gitolite interface does not have.

It's easy to find reasons *against* something. I think it's more
important to consider respective benefits.


//Peter