Gustavo Serra Scalet <[email protected]> writes:

> I noticed there is no merging/update activities on the gitlab website:
> https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/merge_requests?scope=all&state=all
>
> I wonder if it's used.

It's used mainly for the plain git hosting. I rarely use the more
advance features, and almost never access the web interface.

> The reason for asking is that I'm willing to integrate a
> ppc64le-specific implementation using SIMD registers for the SHA-2
> algorithm so I would create an Issue to discuss it and then submitting
> the code as a Merge Request. But only if that's the way for
> upstreaming code on nettle. If not, please advise if this list can be
> used.

Discussion should take place on this list. You can mail patches here, or
create a merge request on gitlab. But in the latter case, please send a
note here too, otherwise it might be overlooked.

> Sorry for using the "nettle-bugs" mailing list, which is not a discussion 
> mailing list.

It's just old GNU tradition to name a project mailing list *-bugs.
Traffic hasn't been high enough to warrant splitting into multiple lists
for diffferent purposes.

Regards,
/Niels

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