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

[Timothy Arceri]

On 11/12/19 5:58 am, Zebediah Figura wrote:
> On 12/10/19 12:21 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> I think effectively we're already there.
>>
>> What concrete change would you propose?
> 
> Removing mention of the mailing list from documentation would be nice. 
> Also, currently the README implies that the mailing list is not only 
> acceptable but preferred: "Note that Mesa uses email mailing-lists for 
> patches submission, review and discussions."

I've sent a merge request:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/merge_requests/3045

> 
> Relatedly, is GitLab preferred also for piglit? The HACKING file there 
> also specifically prescribes using the mailing list, but I've noticed 
> that patches submitted to the mailing list by myself and another new 
> contributor have gone unreviewed for several weeks.

Yes we should update the piglit docs also.

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