Hi Bence, On Wed, Feb 12 2025, Csókás Bence wrote: > On 2025. 02. 12. 14:23, Baruch Burstein wrote: >> I will try attaching it. Has using github or similar for easy pull >> requests been considered? > > "Easy" is a relative term. It may be easier for a newcomer, who's used to GH's > UI, to submit a small-ish patch, but may be harder for a veteran, accustomed > to the Git email flow, to keep track of 600+ open Pull Requests, review them, > then add them to the tree (which will never be as simple as hitting "Merge", > because of adding tags, sign-offs etc. Another advantage of the Git email flow > is that you can always tell from a resulting commit, who was the maintainer > approving it, because the original submitter will be the Author and the > maintainer the Committer). > > Anyways, not trying to downplay this suggestion, just pointing out that it is > not that easy. Believe me, I was in your shoes some years back, been using > GitHub and then having to learn this "new" (old) way; only that I started out > with the Linux kernel list, where attachments of any kind are not allowed -- > you *had* to set up `git send-email`, there was no other way. So I did, went > through the various hoops set out by Google... and then had to do it again > with Microsoft for my college e-mail, and then later again for my company > mail... Needless to say none of them went silky smooth the first time. > > Well, maybe, just _maybe_, one could set up something like GitGitGadget, that > connects the two worlds?
b4 integration with web submission endpoint is an attempt to make sending patches to mailing lists easier for SMTP challenged developers: https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/sending-a-kernel-patch-with-b4-part-1 But there is currently no web submission endpoint to the busybox list, as far as I know. baruch -- ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - [email protected] - tel: +972.52.368.4656, http://www.tkos.co.il - _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] https://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
