> On 11 Mar 2022, at 19:51, Joshua Kinard <ku...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
> On 3/11/2022 13:25, Alec Warner wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>> 
>> The new workflow with pkgcheck was announced at the end of 2019:
>> https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2019/12/12/a-better-ebuild-workflow-with-pure-git-and-pkgcheck
>> 
>> It's been 2 years, I think we can bring everyone into the fold here.
> 
> I've searched my -dev archives for part of that URL, and the only hits I am
> getting is this e-mail thread.  Was this URL previously shared on this
> mailing list or another?  I do not track the Gentoo Blogs, so unless
> something is shared to the mailing lists, I will likely miss it.

I think you may be latching on a bit to the pkgcommit thing. Nobody is making
you use mgorny's scripts. pkgdev has been advertised on this very ML:

https://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=161443741531808&w=2

> 
> That said, I will admit I am uncomfortable with post-commit, pre-push
> validation.   I get that git is vastly different, and vastly superior, to
> CVS.  Get it right the first time, and you don't have to worry about fixing
> it later -- CVS teaches you that very well, and it still works well for git
> workflows.  Going back into git post-commit to fix things is still something
> I need to learn more about, as my git-fu is still pretty amateurish beyond
> the common basics.  Especially when dealing with kernel patch maintenance
> and maintaining lots of small, discrete changes that kernel upstream prefers.

You can always do 'pkgcheck scan' before committing, or, I think
'pkgdev commit -A' might work.

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