Re: [Tigervnc-devel] Github migration?
On 06/ 2/14 11:43 PM, Pierre Ossman wrote: 4. We, as tigervnc maintainers, can comment on these changes. Even on individual lines of individual commits. The biggest downside I've seen with github is that anyone can comment on commits and pull requests, so if a commit triggers the trolls, it can become a total shitshow. (Most recent example, django's change of master/slave to primary/replica in their docs, but there's been enough others too.) Github says they're working on better moderation tools, but just be warned, you're always just one particularly stupid typo away from having your repo turn into: https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/commit/a047be85247755cdbe0acce6f1dafc8beb84f2ac (which as you can see ended up causing the author to abandon the repo to get away from the endless trolling). -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Engineering - http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book Graph Databases is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech ___ Tigervnc-devel mailing list Tigervnc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-devel
Re: [Tigervnc-devel] Github migration?
On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:57:00 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: On 06/ 2/14 11:43 PM, Pierre Ossman wrote: 4. We, as tigervnc maintainers, can comment on these changes. Even on individual lines of individual commits. The biggest downside I've seen with github is that anyone can comment on commits and pull requests, so if a commit triggers the trolls, it can become a total shitshow. (Most recent example, django's change of master/slave to primary/replica in their docs, but there's been enough others too.) Github says they're working on better moderation tools, but just be warned, you're always just one particularly stupid typo away from having your repo turn into: https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/commit/a047be85247755cdbe0acce6f1dafc8beb84f2ac (which as you can see ended up causing the author to abandon the repo to get away from the endless trolling). I'm not sure you can ever fully protect yourself against persistent idiots. But yeah, a way of locking discussion in individual places would probably be helpful in the worst cases. -- Pierre Ossman Software Development Cendio AB http://cendio.com Teknikringen 8 http://twitter.com/ThinLinc 583 30 Linköpinghttp://facebook.com/ThinLinc Phone: +46-13-214600http://plus.google.com/+CendioThinLinc A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book Graph Databases is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech___ Tigervnc-devel mailing list Tigervnc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-devel
Re: [Tigervnc-devel] Github migration?
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 3:28 AM, Pierre Ossman wrote: On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:57:00 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/commit/a047be85247755cdbe0acce6f1dafc8beb84f2ac (which as you can see ended up causing the author to abandon the repo to get away from the endless trolling). Uh, it's been years and people are still commenting. github honestly doesn't allow those forums to be locked down? I don't know if I can take that volume of email... How do they prevent spam from bastards like the I agree. Here's the link ... troll from coming through? -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book Graph Databases is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech___ Tigervnc-devel mailing list Tigervnc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-devel
