Dan Andreescu <dandreescu(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > [...]
> > The point I'm trying to make is that the
problems with Gerrit are not
> > problems with Gerrit, but actually problems with Git itself. If you can't
> > handle the basics of Gerrit, it's because you don't know how to use
Git.
> > And at that point I don't see how GitHub is going to make things that
> much
> > easier anyway.
> ACK. Also I think, if you have mastered the
MediaWiki code-
> base to a degree where you can submit a patch, its actual
> submission will be the least problem you've encountered :-).
I disagree and I have a very simple counter-point.
Gerrit makes it
basically impossible to work in a git-flow style (
http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/). From what I
understand, rebasing and good branching strategies like git-flow simply
don't get along.
[...]
You're changing topics here. Tyler addressed the question
whether a contributor knows how to use Git, you whether he
is content with MediaWiki's development workflow. A con-
tributor couldn't even participate in the latter's discus-
sion if he isn't a (rather experienced) Git user. I seri-
ously doubt that developers can't submit their patches just
because MediaWiki uses master for development and not next
or pu or develop or ...
Tim