Deniz Türkoglu wrote: > I have spoken to Shawn Pearce (gerrit project lead, google) and he > said he is OK with hosting the gerrit instance. > > I would like to hear your thoughts on this.
I personally think email is by far the best interface for patches, reviews, and discussions. Git patches are very high-volume, and not everyone can read everything. People should have the flexibility to choose the client they'd like to use to read patches and follow-ups; the freedom to use a scriptable client like Gnus is very important to me. Primarily, I want people to be able to: 1. Choose what to read, by scripting Gnus to score email that they'd likely find relevant. 2. Try out new patches on the list, by assigning one keybinding to git-am a series. 3. Display email the way they like. Many email clients have features to run filters through emails. 4. Read patches/ follow-ups offline, while travelling (on a phone, for instance). The GMail app, for instance, downloads mails for offline viewing. 5. Interact with other lists seamlessly (the kernel list, for instance). Email is a universal interface on which lists can be CC'ed easily. I'm not attacking a specific web interface, but I don't see how any of the following would be possible even with the most advanced web interface. Besides, nobody has made a proper case for using one. Therefore, I'm strongly opposed to the move. Ram -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
