From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB5861381F3 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:27:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F4F8E0ADA; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:27:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BAA8E0A69 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:26:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.4.5] (blfd-4d086a84.pool.mediaWays.net [77.8.106.132]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: hasufell) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1D4CD33EB0A for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:26:57 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <51FA540F.7010105@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:26:55 +0200 From: hasufell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130630 Thunderbird/17.0.7 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo is so AWESOME References: <51F80310.9070006@gentoo.org> <51F850C3.6060301@orlitzky.com> <20130801111736.GA7924@nicolas-desktop.logifi.fr> <20130801121107.GB7924@nicolas-desktop.logifi.fr> In-Reply-To: <20130801121107.GB7924@nicolas-desktop.logifi.fr> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6a1pre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ec751a58-8f25-4287-9197-8ae6df1d1bad X-Archives-Hash: 5151481dab532803f4b2b519be9b55b0 On 08/01/2013 02:11 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > The 01/08/13, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > >> I don't see the major difference between that and opening a bug and >> attaching the patch. Only that bugzilla allow to manage the process, >> not have leftovers, and future people can resume past discussions. > > The bugzilla thing is what makes the difference, IMHO. git-push and > git-send-email are one shoot simple commands to get things done. Having > to open the web browser, connect to bugzilla, attach the patch and > comment online is too much busy. You can use the command line too. www-client/pybugz > >>> With Gentoo, you have to find a mentor, officially call for >>> being a member, success the online tests, keep mentored some time. Not >>> very light and efficient... >> >> Can you please suggest a different method to ensure quality? > > Yes, having a few maintainers team with write access to the whole > portage tree and contributors sending patches to them or to official > package maintainers making the first review before they do the merge and > submit to the main maintainers. Something like the kernel with > the main maintainers, the lieutenants and open contributors. > Git workflow has been on the todo list for a long time, as well as review systems such as gerrit. It is non trivial to implement and none of it is an excuse for not contributing IMO ;) Those are enhancements and we are already working on it. Get your hands dirty.