Hi! On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 02:52:14PM -0700, Jim Wilson wrote: > I'm one of the old timers that likes our current work flow, but even I > think that we are risking our future by staying with antiquated tools.
It's not ancient tools, it is low-requirement generic tools, and everyone can use that to build a workflow that works for him/herself. > One of the first things I need to teach new people is now to use email > "properly". It is a barrier to entry for new contributors, since our > requirements aren't how the rest of the world uses email anymore. Knowing how to use email properly is a very useful life skill. A large part of the Free Software (and open source) world still uses email as primary communication medium, too. Also you might want to read https://lwn.net/Articles/702177/ for a different viewpoint. > LLVM has phabricator. Some git based projects are using gerrit. > Github and gitlab are useful services. We need to think about setting > up easier ways for people to submit patches, rather than trying to fix > all of the MUAs and MTAs in the world. People should not just send patches: they need to explain why it would be a good idea to include that patch, which requires a lot of talking *about* the patch. Email is a difficult medium for that, but it is still _much_ better than any of the code review website things, imo. The key point is that email is completely free-form, I think? Segher
