Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:52:31 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What is the problem with ports PR reaction delays? Message-ID: <20140125195231.GG67763@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <52E401D6.8060908@freebsd.org> References: <52E2FA36.5080106@marino.st> <CAHcXP%2BfRDeKXjz0_sifgzeXC2dA-eDnoV5NH1yvF2D6R8JRmAg@mail.gmail.com> <52E303CB.6020304@marino.st> <CAHcXP%2Be9p2HrQ=M9HmPecMbWtXRuYPzH9kwfLGqgdrUrhvLuEA@mail.gmail.com> <52E30990.2060903@marino.st> <52E33AA7.3080205@freebsd.org> <52E3719B.3040503@rawbw.com> <52E37C71.1060906@freebsd.org> <20140125175150.GB67191@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <52E401D6.8060908@freebsd.org>
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--9Iq5ULCa7nGtWwZS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:26:30AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > On 1/25/14 9:51 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 12:57:21AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >> On 1/25/14, 12:11 AM, Yuri wrote: > >>> On 01/24/2014 20:16, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >>>> (maybe there is some great ports system that I'm not aware of that > >>>> makes this all as easy github, but I somehow doubt that.) > >>> github itself is closed source, but 95% of its functionality is based > >>> on git which is open. One only needs to invoke 3-4 git operations to > >>> support what it does on the website side. Register on the site, fork > >>> the project under user's login, submit a pull request, merge a fork's > >>> branch to the main branch. All these are basically git commands. > >>> Without the glossiness of github, this is not that large of a project. > >>> Submitters will do the rest through git. > >>> > >>> I think, instead of tediously going through the PRs by hand, it is > >>> wiser to set up some system like this. > >>> > >> Agreed. +1000 > >> > >> Although if we go down the rabbit hole of building something "like > >> github" that might take a while. For now prototyping using the github > >> pull methods might be a good proof of concept. I may look into doing a > >> github pull request -> GNATS (src) PR gateway if time allows. > > Once again github pull request is the worst way of merging patches that= exists. > > > > We already have problem with ugly and inaccurate logs, such pull reques= t will > > make it even worse. > > > > Making proper merge from github pull request it not that easy, you will= need to > > fetch pull request as custom branches and cherry-pick them. That is rea= lly not > > convenient. > Probably a dozen lines of shell. >=20 Actually no: add this to your git config file fetch =3D +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* Then all the pull request will be seen as branches you can safely cherry-pi= ck. regards, Bapt --9Iq5ULCa7nGtWwZS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlLkFf4ACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EzLoQCgwpHQeyL4eJc7HUd1dMVnSl6n uEYAmwVeC8aDFYkuljiEKHrcZBhsXiD7 =Atj1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9Iq5ULCa7nGtWwZS--
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