Hi Marek, Am 14.06.2014 03:44, schrieb Marek Lindner: > Traditionally, patches on the mailing list make it easy to review & comment > patches by everyone. > > What is the alternative you have in mind (no vendor lock-in please) ?
I got used to simple webuis for reviews+comments à la github or bitbucket. I can fully understand that kernel developers do not want to depend on a company such as github. The only free software alternative that comes to my mind is gitlab but I don't have any experience with gitlab and big projects. Patches on the mailing list make it easy for people who already do so for some time. E.g., if you're not on the list, then it's not that easy to apply a submitted patch (you'll have to copy+paste the patch). Also the context of a patch is missing in the mail: you don't see the full patched version and every potential reviewer has to apply the patch her/himself, thus collectively wasting time for a task that can be fully automated. Furthermore, we've just seen in this thread how vulnerable the procedure is to misbehaving mail clients. ;) This also wasted some of my and Antonio's time. As said before: I just wanted to know about the reasons -- refusing vendor lock-ins certainly is a reason and I can agree on trading a bit of comfort for independence. :) Cheers and keep up the good work on B.A.T.M.A.N., André -- Homepage http://page.math.tu-berlin.de/~gaul github https://github.com/andrenarchy Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/andrenarchy Diaspora https://diasp.org/u/andrenarchy (you won't find me on facebook!) Jabber [email protected] PGP Key 0x0FA9170E
