From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Maxim Cournoyer Subject: Re: Adopt a patch! Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:39:32 -0400 Message-ID: <87d16k86aj.fsf@gmail.com> References: <877ex5d555.fsf@gnu.org> <4fecd5dd.AEQAQDR72NkAAAAAAAAAAAOzWv8AAAACwQwAAAAAAAW9WABZudnG@mailjet.com> <87d16pf5x5.fsf@gnu.org> <0cd911c2-f64a-c60b-ef70-749c135a58e9@crazy-compilers.com> <87h8vw2lfz.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51010) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dv2df-0007LP-TY for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:39:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dv2db-00079N-Bl for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:39:39 -0400 Received: from mail-io0-x242.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c06::242]:38019) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dv2db-00078G-6K for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:39:35 -0400 Received: by mail-io0-x242.google.com with SMTP id e9so5581592iod.5 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:39:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87h8vw2lfz.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:08:48 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Hartmut Goebel writes: > >> It is not only the work load, but also the work-flow [=E2=80=A6] This me= ans >> switching forth and back between mail, shell, and browser. > [=E2=80=A6] >> Compare it with an integrated workflow on e.g. Gitlab or github [=E2=80= =A6] > > How does even more reliance on a browser help here? Surely, we can > automate more things without imposing a web browser-based workflow to > everyone. +1. I don think the glossy interfaces of Github & co. add much to the table in terms of automation. If you want to test the software, you still have to checkout a local copy of it anyway (i.e., leave the browser). Maxim