Re: [boost] [git] Why are we using Github (was: The any library does not pull cleanly because of a forced update on develop and master)

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Why are we using Github (was: The any library does not pull cleanly because of a forced update on develop and master)
From: Gavin Lambert (gavinl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-18 17:41:02

On 19/12/2013 07:08, Quoth Peter A. Bigot:
> As I read that thread, much of what he objected to was github's web
> commit interface making it difficult/impossible for contributions to
> conform to the kernel patch standards, and that github pull requests did
> not meet his work flow requirements.
>
> The first part is eliminated if the developer pushes to a github fork
> using standard git commands; then the pull request is simply a
> notification of a proposed submission, which must still conform to the
> upstream project's expectations. The second is only relevant if Boost
> maintainers adopt Torvald's email-oriented workflow.
>
> My experience with using github forks to interact with upstream
> projects/downstream contributors has been that it is convenient to both
> submitter and reviewer, since a cursory inspection can be done on the
> web without integrating a mailer with one's development environment or
> having to pull the changes into a local workspace. The ability to
> provide comments in context with specific commits is also valuable.

+1

Most of his remarks are how GitHub isn't suited to the 
Linux-kernel-specific workflow, and aren't really relevant to any other 
projects.

And about the word wrapping, he's just *wrong*. :)