Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:26:30 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What is the problem with ports PR reaction delays? Message-ID: <52E401D6.8060908@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20140125175150.GB67191@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <CAHcXP%2Bf6e-t--XbQPTH1goJp_CL7P=zTj5trZVWd4YZ_EsO9gw@mail.gmail.com> <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>
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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 request 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 really not > convenient. Probably a dozen lines of shell. -Alfred
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