In fact, it's been broken for ages: when you click on a gitbox repo, it redirects to github! It should instead display its UI as it did in the past...
Gary On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 10:58 AM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gitbox is just a very thin UI on top of git, no PRs. > > Gary > > > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 9:19 AM Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: > >> I thought gitbox was still an alternative to having to use GitHub to >> submit PRs. That said, it wouldn’t be for discussions, etc. >> >> Ralph >> >> > On Aug 14, 2024, at 3:31 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > I think that to "deactivate" the mailing lists you refer to would be >> very >> > bad and might not even be allowed by Apache. >> > >> > You cannot/shouldn't force people to create a GitHub (Microsoft) account >> > just to talk to us. >> > >> > Odd as it sounds, I've had someone told me they would not submit a PR >> > because they did not want to create a GH account. It feels >> > counterproductive from my POV not to submit PRs but it shouldn't lock >> > people out. >> > >> > There might also be parts of the world where GH is not available but >> Apache >> > servers are (more of a geopolitical issue). >> > >> > Gary >> > >> > On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 3:43 AM Piotr P. Karwasz <piotr.karw...@gmail.com >> > >> > wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Gary, >> >> >> >> On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 at 12:15, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> While it is a different community, I have received negative feedback >> in >> >>> Commons against the trend to spread information all over the place, >> and >> >> we >> >>> don't use GitHub. >> >>> >> >>> The TLDR is that in the past it was easier to find information because >> >> you >> >>> only had the mailing list and later Jira. Now you have multiple >> mailing >> >>> lists, Jira, emails from GitHub, plus discussions in GitHub PRs, plus >> >>> Slack. Adding to the list is GitHub issues... >> >> >> >> Might I propose a split of concerns between GH Discussions and the >> >> mailing lists: >> >> >> >> * We use GH Discussions as a replacement for `log4j-user`, >> >> `log4net-user`, `log4cxx-user`. Two of these mailing lists are dead >> >> anyway, since subscribing to a ML for a one-off question is a hustle. >> >> * We use `dev@logging` as always for reaching consensus and decisions >> >> concerning the directions we choose for development. >> >> >> >> BTW: Can we deactivate all the mailing lists except `dev`, `private` >> >> and `security`? >> >> >> >> Piotr >> >> >> >>
