On 08/01/2013 02:11 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > The 01/08/13, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > >> I don't see the major difference between that and opening a bug and >> attaching the patch. Only that bugzilla allow to manage the process, >> not have leftovers, and future people can resume past discussions. > > The bugzilla thing is what makes the difference, IMHO. git-push and > git-send-email are one shoot simple commands to get things done. Having > to open the web browser, connect to bugzilla, attach the patch and > comment online is too much busy.
You can use the command line too. www-client/pybugz > >>> With Gentoo, you have to find a mentor, officially call for >>> being a member, success the online tests, keep mentored some time. Not >>> very light and efficient... >> >> Can you please suggest a different method to ensure quality? > > Yes, having a few maintainers team with write access to the whole > portage tree and contributors sending patches to them or to official > package maintainers making the first review before they do the merge and > submit to the main maintainers. Something like the kernel with > the main maintainers, the lieutenants and open contributors. > Git workflow has been on the todo list for a long time, as well as review systems such as gerrit. It is non trivial to implement and none of it is an excuse for not contributing IMO ;) Those are enhancements and we are already working on it. Get your hands dirty.
