[Mesa-dev] Is it time to stop using the mailing list for patch review?

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 1:13 PM Dylan Baker <dylan at pnwbakers.com> wrote:
>
> Do we have those and does anyone notice? I personally rarely look at the list
> now unless I'm CC'd on something. That seems really bad for drive by
> contributors.
>
> But frankly I wouldn't submit to a mailing list as a drive by, it's more work to
> get subscribed to mail man (so my patch goes through), set up get-send-email,
> and send the patches, then unsubscribe when I'm done than it would be to sign up
> for gitlab.fdo using one of the "sign-in-with" options. If you're not subscribed
> you go into limbo until a list maintainer approves your patch, and I think any
> follow ups. That seems even worse as most people probably aren't aware of that
> behavior. Maybe I'm the only one who feels that way though.

I've still seen a few.  Most drive by contributors generally don't
subscribe to the list.  Since most lists are moderated, the mail
usually makes it through whether they are subscribed or not.  That how
most projects work.  I'm not subscribed to every kernel subsystem
list, but my messages usually make it through.  If we are proposing to
do away with the mailing list, what is the plan for non-patch
discussions?  Opening issues in gitlab?

Alex

>
> Dylan
>
> Quoting Alex Deucher (2019-12-10 07:30:43)
> > How do we deal with drive by fixes?  E.g., some random user submits a
> > fix but doesn't want to create a gitlab account just to submit a fix?
> > Whoever reviews the patch should submit an MR?
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 6:07 PM Dylan Baker <dylan at pnwbakers.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I think its time we discussed whether we're going to continue to do patch review
> > > on the mailing list, or if it it should all go through gitlab. I think we should
> > > stop using the mailing list, here are some reasons:
> > >
> > > 1) Most development is happening on gitlab at this point, patches on the mailing
> > >    list are often overlooked
> > > 2) The mailing list bypasses CI which potentially breaks the build
> > > 3) Probably more reasons I'm forgetting.
> > >
> > > Please discuss,
> > > Dylan
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