Feedback on GitHub as follows…
> 1. No Lock-In - What automated data export is available? > We want to be able to leave and take all our data with us. "Data" here > includes: review comments, pull requests / patches (including metadata), > old (rejected) pull requests and metadata, issue tracker entries and > comments (if issue tracker included). This archiving should be > automated, not something we do by hand. Untested, but might these all be easily satisfied by subscribing a mailing list to GitHub notifications? https://help.github.com/articles/about-notifications/#watching-notifications https://help.github.com/articles/about-email-notifications/ Alternatively, the GitHub REST API appear to offer full export capability of all information & metadata: https://developer.github.com/v3/git/commits/#get-a-commit https://developer.github.com/v3/pulls/#list-pull-requests https://developer.github.com/v3/pulls/comments/#list-comments-on-a-pull-request https://developer.github.com/v3/issues/events/#list-events-for-a-repository https://developer.github.com/v3/issues/comments/#list-comments-on-an-issue https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/events/#list-repository-events https://developer.github.com/v3/reactions/#list-reactions-for-a-pull-request-review-comment * the above allows you to export all of the thumbs up/down, smileys, hearts ... that users have given to pull request & issue comments :) > 2. Easy Administration - Are there any scripts or custom code required > after initial setup? We would like to do as little customizing as possible. Our interpretation of this bullet is to maximize developer productivity & minimize deployment & operations costs. GitHub provides a ready-to-use, end-to-end solution. There are no servers for end-customers to patch & maintain. GitHub is free for use by open source projects, and Microsoft is committed to continuing this tradition: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/events/FY-2018/Microsoft-and-GitHub-Conference-Call GitHub’s enormous user base has motivated numerous developers to generate GitHub Apps that further enhance the GitHub experience. > 3. Flexible Workflow - Can we use email patches / email review as well > as pull requests / web UI review?** > 3a. Can we can attach review comments to specific code *and* commit > message locations? > 3b. Are the comments faithfully translated to notification emails > (including the locations in code the comment is addressing)? > 3c. Are old topic branches (rejected or updated pull requests) > available even after being rejected? (i.e. are they ever deleted?) > 3d. Is plain text supported in code review comments? > **To be clear, it is acceptable if the system handles only pull requests > and a web UI. We do require, however, a *read-only* email notification > system that thoroughly documents our process. We propose that all review & issue tracking are through GitHub web, REST, or Graph APIs. Email becomes read-only for notification and archival only. 3A: Yes. 3B: From our testing this appears to be yes. 3C: GitHub can be configured to keep rejected and updated pull requests. 3D: Both plain text and markdown work Some additional questions we feel are important: * Does the workflow facilitate automated validation & PR-Gates? GitHub: Yes Phabricator: https://secure.phabricator.com/T9456 : “Writing lots of integrations for third-party software is broadly something the upstream is not well equipped for.” Travis-CI further declined support for Phabricator: https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/2143#issuecomment-124150608 “we have no immediate plans to add this feature” * Does workflow allow easy contribution process? GitHub: Yes, well-known and well-documented * Does it have comprehensive documentation? GitHub: Yes * Does it have a comprehensive programmatic API that enables extensibility, with numerous online examples? GitHub: Yes * Does workflow facilitate different server-enforced policies for different branches? GitHub: Yes Sincerely, Jeremiah Cox -----Original Message----- From: stephano <stephano.cet...@linux.intel.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 4:59 PM To: Jeremiah Cox <jere...@microsoft.com> Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org; Sean Brogan <sean.bro...@microsoft.com> Subject: Re: [edk2] [edk2-announce] Research Request Thank you both for taking the time to add some insight to our discussions. Please see the list of questions here: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.01.org%2Fpipermail%2Fedk2-devel%2F2018-November%2F032462.html&data=02%7C01%7Cjerecox%40microsoft.com%7Caace5779691047a1809b08d64f4c7fb2%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636783587312509548&sdata=sra5nI19QTGmCbkDBeR7QYFTVpndqZqCjzkmhO0nlsU%3D&reserved=0 These are a summary from our community meetings. Enjoy the holiday! Cheers, Stephano On 11/20/2018 3:47 PM, Jeremiah Cox wrote: > Hi Stephano, > Sean and I will put something together for GitHub by next Tuesday. > > Thank you, > Jeremiah Cox (departing for Thanksgiving holiday... now...) > > -----Original Message----- > From: edk2-devel <edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org> On Behalf Of > stephano > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 10:34 AM > To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org > Subject: [edk2] [edk2-announce] Research Request > > We are currently researching several different options to help make > contributing to TianoCore easier for the community. A big part of this effort > will be enabling pull requests and allowing for a more customizable code > review process. > > I am looking for members of the community willing to answer a few questions > about these solutions to allow us to evaluate our options quickly. The > options are: > > System/Tool Investigator > Phabricator Rebecca Cran (thank you again :) ) > Github ??? > Gerrit ??? > Gitlab ??? > > I have a list of questions that I can send out to each investigator. > Assuming you are familiar with the software/system, these questions should be > answerable with a couple hours of research, writing, and screenshots / > examples. > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > -Stephano > > _______________________________________________ > edk2-devel mailing list > edk2-devel@lists.01.org > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists > .01.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fedk2-devel&data=02%7C01%7Cjerecox%4 > 0microsoft.com%7Caace5779691047a1809b08d64f4c7fb2%7C72f988bf86f141af91 > ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636783587312509548&sdata=SOR9cdCLwmsl37RB > S0fkk6a%2FIE1so1flDYG2%2BzjCBbQ%3D&reserved=0 > _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
