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[106.69.92.233]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d184sm4426649pfa.161.2021.08.27.00.21.06 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:21:07 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::1033; envelope-from=theophilusx@gmail.com; helo=mail-pj1-x1033.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:273132 Archived-At: Daniel Fleischer writes: > Philip Kaludercic [2021-08-26 Thu 17:24] *wrote*: > >> Shouldn't it be easier to send an email than create an account, navigate >> some web UI and fill in some form? The same goes for >> patches. Git{Lab,Hub} usually requires leaving the development context, >> to prepare a patch online, that requires "forking", more navigation and >> more fora. Just today I tried preparing a "pull request" on GitLab and >> didn't manage to do so, because it insisted on merging the commit into >> my own repository, no matter what I did. Just attaching a git patch >> seems much easier. > > I explicitly don't want to get into questions of what is easier because > we can't answer these objectively. Each person is used to something else > which they consider easier, where the getting used to is a long > mental process depending on personal preference and outside influence. > > I can say objectively that one form of workflow is more popular than > another so people would be more familiar with it. > I also don't think it is an either/or choice. It should be possible to support both email based workflows as well as web UI based ones.