On IRC I have recently been talking about how I think it would be beneficial for our project to move towards github. In particular, I think that accepting pull requests via the github web interface may help bring more first-time contributors to the project, and it would stop contributions from being overlooked.
As a pilot project, I will begin reviewing pull requests to https://github.com/jepler/linuxcnc-mirror for at least an hour a week starting now, and continuing for at least 8 weeks. Chris Radek has also volunteered to do review for a similar amount of time. Pull requests are public, so anyone can view and comment on them at https://github.com/jepler/linuxcnc-mirror/pulls and any developer can merge them via the normal git merge process. Once we see how the pilot project goes, we can further consider whether it makes sense to create an official linuxcnc presence on github, to continue accepting pull requests via linuxcnc-mirror, or to go back to the old status quo. Jeff Sidebar: How does the github workflow work if the official repository is on git.linuxcnc.org? To *accept* a pull request, a developer with push access to git.linuxcnc.org has to 'git remote add' the github repository of the contributor, 'git pull' the branch, build and test, and 'git push' the pull request to git.linuxcnc.org. Any other operation, such as commenting on a pull request, is done via the github website (including by their public API) Using the "merge pull request" button in the github user interface would appear to work, but the merge would be reverted the next time the repository is mirrored from git.linuxcnc.org. Even if this were not the case, relying on the github web interface to determine that a branch can be automatically merged doesn't mean it will build and work, so the pull-build-test is a sound idea anyway. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
