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Re: FYI: Status of gdb usage of gerrit
On 28/11/19 9:59 am, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> We need to take into account the needs and workflows of our most experienced
> reviewers and contributors, and those developers have a preference for email.
>
> We should review the process in the abstract against our requirements.
>
> I don't dislike email-based reviews, what I really want from my reviews is:
>
> * A list of things to review (patch tracking/comment tracking)
> - Critically important for me when I set aside time I need to jump right in.
> - Nothing provided by email.
>
> * A way to do side-by-side diffs and version-to-version diffs (diffuse + git range-diff)
> - git difftool --tool=diffuse/kompare/meld
> - git range-diff
> - Needs automation to pull down the patches and create branches/commits.
>
> * A way to hook in CI/CD
> - Need a way to know if the patch still applies (scripts will help)
> - Need a way to know basic x86_64 still works.
>
> I was hoping gerrit's email integration for feedback from the ML
> would work better than it does. Right now that's a showstopper for
> immediate use in that we want *one* system of record that works well
> with email responses.
>
OK, I've sent out an email notifying gdb, glibc and guix lists that I'll
be nuking the sourceware patchwork instance over the weekend. Lets see
how far we get with it.
Siddhesh