Hi, On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 12:45:12PM -0400, Neil Horman wrote: > > - GitHub manages the patches via pull requests and can be easily seen > > via a web browser. > > - The down side is you do have to use a web browser to do some work, but > > the bulk of the everyday work would be done as it is today. > > - I think we all have a web browser now :-) > Yes, but as you said above, using a web browser doesn't make reviewing patches > faster. In fact, I would assert that it slows the process down, as it > prevents quick, easy command line access to patch review (as you have with a > properly configured MUA). That seems like we're going in the opposite > direction of at least one problem we would like to solve.
I agree. Having a web browser interface for reviews etc. is acceptable only if people can still continue to use e-mail if they prefer. I don't know how github works in this regard but patches should still appear on the mailing list and it should be still possible to comment them via mailing list. A.
