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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Scanner: mx0.migadu.com X-Spam-Score: -5.17 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 3EF8861417 X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -5.17 X-TUID: +Fi3L/ORrgpH another +1 for the general sentiment of Katherine's message. > I am all for it if it supplements the email based workflow (every > time I need to do a modern style pull request type action, I am > completely out of my depths and lost in the web interfaces...). in my experience learning the quirks of the web based PR model, at least as= a contributor, is much less effort than the constant friction of an email = based workflow, let alone the learning curve of the emacs based tools. i couldn't even find out which tools are used by those who are comfortable = with the email based workflow. i looked around once, even in the manual, bu= t maybe i should look again. i'm pretty sure most maintainers have a setup where the emailed patches can= be applied to a new branch with a single press of a button, otherwise it'd= be hell of a time-waster. one fundamental issue with the email based workflow is that its underlying = data model simply does not formally encode enough information to be able to= implement a slick workflow and frontend. e.g. with a PR based model the ob= solete versions of a PR is hidden until needed (rarely). the email based mo= del is just a flat list of messages that includes all the past mistakes, an= d the by now irrelevant versions. > But someone would have to write and maintain them... there are some that have already been written. here's an ad-hoc list of ref= erences: #github #gitlab #alternative https://codeberg.org/ https://notabug.org/ https://sourcehut.org/ https://sr.ht/projects https://builds.sr.ht/ https://git.lepiller.eu/gitile codeberg.org is gitea and sr.ht is sourcehut --=20 =E2=80=A2 attila lendvai =E2=80=A2 PGP: 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 -- =E2=80=9CThe condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal = vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequenc= e of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.=E2=80=9D =09=E2=80=94 John Philpot Curran (1750=E2=80=931817)