Re: [Wikitech-l] Gerrit evaluation: where we stand

2012-08-16 Thread Oren Bochman
>That said there are known negatives; the Java+Google Web Toolkit >front-end is intimidating to people who might want to help improve >the UI; even Gerrit devs don't love it. :) >Improvements to the UI and to the git-review CLI tool are welcome... Intimidating to PHP+JS only devs - but Java+Googl

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gerrit evaluation: where we stand

2012-08-14 Thread Ryan Lane
> The good news for those who aren't so fond of Gerrit is that we do have > some nice alternatives on the horizon, which we can start working with and > improve... we'll be re-evaluating things across the board for core & > extensions next year. (Ops can keep Gerrit forever if they like it, that's

[Wikitech-l] Gerrit evaluation: where we stand

2012-08-14 Thread Brion Vibber
== Gerrit == For the time being, we're sticking with gerrit for ops, MediaWiki core, and extensions: * it works for what we need * we have existing deployment workflows built on it * it's being actively developed, and various improvements are coming in That said there are known negatives; the Jav