On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, K. Peachey <p858sn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:20 AM, Diederik van Liere <dvanli...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> My concern is not about the UI of Gerrit, I know it's popular within >> WMF to say that it's UI sucks but I don't think that's the case and >> even if it was an issue it's only minor. > > We are changing from a CR system where everything (or atleast almost > everything) was displayed on a single (and non confusing) page to a > system that to plainly put it, is a clusterfuck of confusing (And i'm > known for choosing the more time consuming/evil/painful methods of > doing things), >
I'll be the first to admit that Gerrit may not be the single most intuitive piece of software. But to call it a clusterfuck is doing it a disservice. The learning curve is steeper than our home-grown CodeReview tool, but I honestly don't think it's insurmountable. Learning a new tool and new workflow is jarring, but I think it's a feeling that will pass slightly as time goes on. That's part of the reason we pushed the decision about Phabricator out by a few months-- it allows us to get some hands-on experience with Gerrit. By that point I hope we'll be moving past the initial Git learning curve, and I think it'll allow us to make a better decision about code review tools without being clouded by git-isms (some of which will remain regardless of the tool in question). Sadly you only get one first impression, and Gerrit doesn't do a good job at that :( -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
