PS: It seems the ASF does have Review Board available at https://reviews.apache.org We could try to use this too.
--emi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On 6 June 2018 8:21 AM, Emilian Bold <[email protected]> wrote: > > And like has already been said, it's fairly easy to change a remote host on > > git... > > GitHub isn't just a remote host. It's also basically: > > - our code review tool for all commits (lots of comments on PRs which > cannot be migrated). > - smoke test build server (via Travis) > > I would agree to continue using GitHub if we demote it to a plain remote. > But right now it's central to our 'workflow' through PRs. > > This is something the ASF could fix by providing a separate code review > tool, just like we have an issue tracker (JIRA) and wiki (Confluence). Since > they are big on Atlassian we could try > https://www.atlassian.com/software/crucible (which I didn't use before but > looks OK). > > --emi > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On 6 June 2018 2:45 AM, John McDonnell [email protected] wrote: > > > > Have to say I'm a little perplexed at all the negativity surrounding the > > > > news on this. > > > > I don't see the Microsoft under the Satya Nadella as comparable to > > > > previous eras of the company. There's no way they'd buy GitHub and then > > > > strip it down, or whatever some people are saying(there's some crazy ideas > > > > out there), look at how their using it now. They are considered to be one > > > > of the largest open source contributors on GitHub(3839 people in the MS > > > > organisation on GitHub, and 1839 repos), why purchase this and then ruin > > > > it? their staff are using it more than anyone right now > > > > Yes, there will obviously be some MS tie-ins, be it Azure or Visual Studio > > > > (Code), etc... But there could also be other changes, that maybe GitHub > > > > could make previously, etc.. and not everyone will agree with all the > > > > upcoming changes, specifically if there's an MS bias in them, but in > > > > fairness, no change will ever suit everyone. > > > > Let's see what they do first before judging them. > > > > And like has already been said, it's fairly easy to change a remote host on > > > > git... > > > > John > > > > On 5 June 2018 at 23:40, John Muczynski [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Dear Martin, > > > > > > I would like to respectfully disagree with two of your statements. > > > > > > microsoft does not play by the rules. > > > > > > Also, they have never been stopped due to their previous anti competitive > > > > > > behavior. It is unlikely they would lose any legal case in any of the > > > legal > > > > > > systems when they shut down GitHub. > > > > > > That's my take on it. I am feeling rather cynical. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > Johnny > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 9:18 AM Martin Weißhaupt < > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > GitHub was already a proprietary platform. Microsoft is not stupid, they > > > > > > > > want to get a part of the open source cake and closing GitHub or making > > > > > > > > open source projects suffer would get them into trouble really fast. I'm > > > > > > > > not a lawyer but I think that would qualify as anti competitive > > > > behaviour > > > > > > > > which would get the EU or other institutions to intervent. > > > > > > > > If they are playing by the rules there is nothing to worry about but > > > > > > > > everyone should be observant about what Microsoft does with GitHub in > > > > the > > > > > > > > future. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > 2018-06-05 14:34 GMT+02:00 Kirk Pepperdine [email protected]: > > > > > > > > > I say good for GitHub.. I don’t think MS will be a problem… At least > > > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > right away. And if they are, it’s pretty easy to move to a new git > > > > > > > > > > home. > > > > > > > > > — Kirk > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 5, 2018, at 1:58 PM, Peter Cheung [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Codeplex, nokia, robotVM, all dead > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Emilian Bold [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 4:15 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Microsoft buys GitHub > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm a bit worried about Microsoft steering the future of open-source > > > > > > > > > > > > projects' online collaboration and tooling with their GitHub > > > > > > purchase: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2018/06/04/microsoft- > > > > > > > > > > > > github-empowering-developers/ > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder if there's anything we need to rethink in terms of our > > > > > > > > > > > > project's dependence on GitHub PRs, etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > --emi > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@netbeans. > > > > > > > > > > > > incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]. > > > > > > > > > > apache.org > > > > > > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
