On Mon, 2 Sept 2024 at 13:13, Yoann Congal <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Le 02/09/2024 à 11:34, Dmitry Baryshkov via lists.openembedded.org a écrit :
> > Sending patches via GH results in the reviews of a lesser quality.
> > Discourage its usage and point out that developers should use emails
> > only.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  meta-oe/README.md | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/meta-oe/README.md b/meta-oe/README.md
> > index 676a2c89252a..0e9d43c10f91 100644
> > --- a/meta-oe/README.md
> > +++ b/meta-oe/README.md
> > @@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ When sending single patches, please use something like:
> >  You are encouraged to fork the mirror on GitHub 
> > https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded
> >  to share your patches, this is preferred for patch sets consisting of more 
> > than one patch.
> >
> > +Note, it is discouraged to send patches via GitHub pull request system. 
> > Such
> > +patches get less attention from developers and can be mishandled or not
> > +reviewed properly. Please use emails instead.
> > +
>
> Doesn't that contradict the paragraph just above? For context, it says:
> > You are encouraged to fork the mirror on GitHub 
> > https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded
> > to share your patches, this is preferred for patch sets consisting of more 
> > than one patch.
>
> For example, I actually felt encouraged to use the Github PR system for some 
> contributions (with more than one patch). But maybe that was wrong... :/

And the next paragraph mentions GitLab and repo.or.cz. After several
discussions on GH I think that it was meant as 'use these services to
push you patches and then send a pull request by email using git
request-pull'.

>
> Regards,
>
>
> >  Other services like GitLab, repo.or.cz or self-hosted setups are of course 
> > accepted as well,
> >  'git fetch <remote>' works the same on all of them. We recommend GitHub 
> > because it is free, easy
> >  to use, has been proven to be reliable and has a really good web GUI.
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
>
> --
> Yoann Congal
> Smile ECS - Tech Expert



-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry
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