On 8 Mar 2013 10:47, "Quim Gil" <q...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > On 03/08/2013 08:31 AM, Dan Andreescu wrote: >>> >>> ... Then, if a developer is not willing to learn >>> Gerrit, its code is probably not worth the effort of us integrating >>> github/gerrit. That will just add some more poor quality code to your >>> review queues. > > > imho GitHub has the potential to get us a first patch from many contributors that won't arrive through gerrit.wikimedia.org first. It's just a lot simpler for GitHub users. Some of those patches will be good, some not so much, but that is probably also the case for first time contributors in Gerrit.
+1 to me the need to create a gerrit account is a huge barrier for entry. I think we are missing out on attracting small but useful patches from developers who are not heavily invested in the project and have no wish to become regular core contributors... > > When a developer submits a second and a third pull request via GitHub then we can politely invite her to check http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit and join our actual development process. > > -- > Quim Gil > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
