On 2018-12-20 09:18, Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 12/20/18 6:28 AM, (Nuno Silva) wrote: >>>> >>> Well the Gentoo Wiki https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Submitting_ebuilds >>> suggested that new ebuilds should be submitted via Bugzilla. >>> >>> Could you please tell me if it is still the recommended way? >>> If not, IMHO it is better to change Wiki as well to prevent further >>> misunderstanding. >> >> I would like to ask again for a clarification about this. Last month, I >> asked if there was some rule against using bugzilla, but there were no >> replies: >> > > BugZilla is right place. If you open a PR on Github, you'll get an > automated message telling you to open an associated bug on BugZilla. > If Github ever goes away, all of the PR history it contains will be lost > forever. > > Since Github is proprietary, forcing people to use it is against our > social contract, and many developers completely ignore everything you > post there. > > On the other hand, casually reading the contents of a PR is easier on > Github than with patches on BugZilla. For best results, do both.
Did anyone ever considered using GitLab? Its community edition is quiet enough I think. Being able to comment directly on ebuilds/patches would be a really nice feature. IMO It makes communication efficiency much higher compared to compared to Bugzilla. Also since the GitLab server is hosted by the community, no Micro$oft get involved...
