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From: YUE Daian <sheepduke@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is it that hard to add a package, or am I doing wrong?
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:25:58
Message-Id: 87y38kusnc.fsf@home.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is it that hard to add a package, or am I doing wrong? by Michael Orlitzky
1 On 2018-12-20 09:18, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 12/20/18 6:28 AM, (Nuno Silva) wrote:
3 >>>>
4 >>> Well the Gentoo Wiki https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Submitting_ebuilds
5 >>> suggested that new ebuilds should be submitted via Bugzilla.
6 >>>
7 >>> Could you please tell me if it is still the recommended way?
8 >>> If not, IMHO it is better to change Wiki as well to prevent further
9 >>> misunderstanding.
10 >>
11 >> I would like to ask again for a clarification about this. Last month, I
12 >> asked if there was some rule against using bugzilla, but there were no
13 >> replies:
14 >>
15 >
16 > BugZilla is right place. If you open a PR on Github, you'll get an
17 > automated message telling you to open an associated bug on BugZilla.
18 > If Github ever goes away, all of the PR history it contains will be lost
19 > forever.
20 >
21 > Since Github is proprietary, forcing people to use it is against our
22 > social contract, and many developers completely ignore everything you
23 > post there.
24 >
25 > On the other hand, casually reading the contents of a PR is easier on
26 > Github than with patches on BugZilla. For best results, do both.
27
28 Did anyone ever considered using GitLab?
29 Its community edition is quiet enough I think.
30
31 Being able to comment directly on ebuilds/patches would be a really nice
32 feature. IMO It makes communication efficiency much higher compared to
33 compared to Bugzilla.
34
35 Also since the GitLab server is hosted by the community, no Micro$oft
36 get involved...

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