In theory. In practice we never saw a patch being discussed on the mailing list.
Without GitHub you cannot comment on PRs, you cannot +1. You cannot create a new PR. --emi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On 7 June 2018 3:45 PM, Mark Struberg <[email protected]> wrote: > To be honest I don't get why someone would require a github account. > > Just clone our ASF git repo. Technically it makes no difference where from. > Might be from ASF, github or even your neighbour,.. > > The sha1 are everywhere the same anyway (if the clone is up2date). > > Then you do your changes, create a patch etc. And send a pull request. I > personally even prefer creating the patch via git-format-patch and then > attaching it to either JIRA or send it directly to the mailing list for > review. That's how we always did work in the past and it still works like a > charm! > > In many cases it's even way cleaner than via github (no spread channels etc). > > You could also just point to your repo (hosted on bitbucket, sourceforge, > your private server, whatever) and the maintainer could git-fetch+merge from > there. That's how GIT was intended to be used even. > > LieGrue, > > strub > > > Am 07.06.2018 um 09:20 schrieb Jan Lahoda [email protected]: > > > > Hi Emilian, > > > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 8:33 AM, Emilian Bold [email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > I think we need to plan a separate contribution workflow without GitHub > > > > > > (see my other thread 'How to participate in Apache NetBeans without a > > > > > > GitHub account?'). > > > > > > Right now we are tied to GitHub and it's impossible to be involved in > > > > > > anything without jumping onto GitHub. > > > > Not sure if (or why) it is impossible to be involved without GitHub. AFAIK > > > > anyone can subscribe to this mailing list, checkout from the Git repo on > > > > Apache: > > > > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-netbeans.git > > > > and send patches to this mailing list. (Or maybe links to patches, if this > > > > list strips attachments.) > > > > My view is that we are using GitHub because it is more convenient. > > > > Jan > > > > > There is a high change of some contributors avoiding NetBeans if we are > > > > > > GitHub-only. > > > > > > Demoting GitHub to a plain git remote is fine. We need to take care of PRs > > > > > > (code review / comments). > > > > > > --emi > > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > > > > On 7 June 2018 9:08 AM, Christian Lenz [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > Do any of you know the plans of MS? No, so please wait and don’t be > > > > > > > > worry and make an Solutions, for Problems. That we Maybe not have. > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > Von: Marc Beck > > > > > > > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Juni 2018 21:10 > > > > > > > > An: [email protected] > > > > > > > > Betreff: Microsoft buys GitHub > > > > > > > > Amen to that. Something I have been telling for so long. > > > > > > > > In fact I can't remember a single thing M$ came up by themselves. They > > > > > > > > always bought stole, or equivalent. Even the initial CP-M is not > > > > > > > > something > > > > > > > > B.G. did come up with himself. > > > > > > > > When people, around 2000 (XP) decided to stop writing anything that > > > > > > > > could be > > > > > > > > directly used by them it dried out. They got all the wizzes together and > > > > > > > > came up with a big flop (of which a very simplified run down version we > > > > > > > > know > > > > > > > > under Vista). > > > > > > > > Ergo why they bought GitHub: they are desperate for new material > > > > > > > > Just my $.02 > > > > > > > > From: Chuck Davis [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2018 1:20 PM > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Microsoft buys GitHub > > > > > > > > Do we need to be reminded that IBM had a 32 bit desktop OS a year and a > > > > > > > > half before MS could muster one up? They finally (20 years late) gave > > > > > > > > Windows 10 users two huge benefits millions of us have been enjoying for > > > > > > > > more that 20 years: virtual desktops (a VERY clumsy implementation to be > > > > > > > > sure) and a usable command prompt window. > > > > > > > > Even at this time they are using their ridiculous "software patents" to > > > > > > > > prevent innovation and hold back the advance of the industry. > > > > > > > > Microsoft is and always has been a poison to technology. Everything they > > > > > > > > have has been acquired either through purchasing or bankrupting the > > > > > > > > innovator. > > > > > > > > There's a lot of stuff on GitHub MS can now steal and market like they > > > > > > > > invented it...welcome to the Windows World. They've never invented > > > > > > > > anything but they sure know how to market other people's innovations. > > > > > > > > The sooner NB liberates itself from GitHub the better off we'll be. If > > > > > > > > Git > > > > > > > > is the tool of choice I say let Apache set up it's own Git repositories > > > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > Apache projects. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 12:46 AM, Tim Boudreau [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > Honestly, when I think of Microsoft, I think of the immeasurable harm > > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > > > did to progress in computing. There was going to be a PC on every > > > > > > > > > > desktop > > > > > > > > > regardless. 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