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Subject: github, phabricator: a new threadZ
From: Boudewijn Rempt <boud () valdyas ! org>
Date: 2017-08-09 11:39:21
Message-ID: alpine.LNX.2.00.1708091332390.13241 () calcifer ! valdyas ! org
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On Wed, 9 Aug 2017, Riccardo Iaconelli wrote:
> This is a new thread entirely, but incidentally also something we
> should also think about. Why many KDE developers choose github instead
> of scratch KDE repositories to start new software, where it could
> happily be hosted within KDE infrastructure?
Our infra doesn't offer scratch repos anymore, does it?
> I have been personally
> touched by Paul Adam's words on the sense of community which we have
> somehow dispersed with our migration to git, and I think we should no
> longer ignore the community dynamics around our SCM.
I think that phabricator is actually helping here, since it brings all
projects together again. Github would immediately kill any cohesion we
might have retained.
> Is our
> infrastructure now a liability or is it added value, for new
> developers?
phabricator is added value for sure. Even if its search functionality
could be better.
> Are we still attractive?
Yes, but perpetual self-doubt is very unattractive.
> Do we provide value to new developers
Yes. We provide a lot of help, for instance, and a chance to get their
work in the hands of real users, instead of being confied to a lost
and forgotten repo in github.
> , or are we a burden?
No.
> What can we do to alleviate it without loosing our identity?
What does 'it' refer to?
> Think about it in an open way, but don't answer
> here - it's of course material for a new thread.
Well, here it is.
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Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.krita.org, http://www.valdyas.org
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