Re: pull requests for guile

[Dmitry Alexandrov <dag@gnui.org>]

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Matt Wette <matt.wette@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does the savannah git repo support `git-request-pull'?

To the best of my knowledge, no any server-side support is required for that.

Git is intentionally designed to avoid any reliance on servers as much as possible.

> And if so, would that make getting patches in more efficient?

I would like to double that question with no any particular connection to Guile.

I fully understand why many developers generally refuse to review freeform pull requests and ask to send patches via their favourite integrated platform (such as gitlab or github) — anyone can evaluate extra features they provide.

Yet, I fail to get why so many teams insist that patches must be submitted as per git-format-patch.

Evidently, this is because they habitually rely on some tooling, that expects patchsets in that format.  But what is that tooling?

The only thing the I am aware of is git-am, which provides... nothing (?) over a simple pull request.

There must be some bits of hidden knowledge, passed from generation to generation of maintainers of venerable bazaar-style projects. ;-)

So, I would be glad if Guile / Guix / etc patch-reviewers shared some details about their workflow.

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