On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 13:54:33 -0500 Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Nothing of importance should be stored on github. > > If you and I have a conversation at a bar, and as a result you decide > to make a commit without any useful comments, and then we both retire > from the project, just as much information is lost. Its not that I'm saying that this should be forbidden, only that there is a tangible risk of lost of useful information. Having a discussion at a bar, and you making a commit as a result is one thing, but if I discovered a bug, and then only told you about it at the bar, that would be possibly bad, because there's no guarantee that the bug is communicated sufficient to ensure it gets addressed, and you may go home at the end of the night and entirely forget the bug existed, and people could continue to suffer it, and potentially neglect to report it as well. ( End users are substantially less likely to file bugs, IME ) When I mention bugs to people on IRC, I often follow up with "Would you like me to file a bug?". Often, the answer is "yes". The crux of the matter being bugs that exist, and are communicated outside the core bug tracker, weaken the assurance that it will be seen and fixed, which amounts to a negative thing. I wouldn't forbid such a thing, just make it clear that doing so is a lower standard of quality, has risks, and should come with a level of discouragement.
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