Re: Reviews on mailing-list

From: Deniz Türkoglu <deniz@spotify.com>
Date: Nov 11, 2012, 01:28 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+ZXwZO8tpGi7_njbFx6w2ZAWoySVb2Bcc+DSupLenKrNAGV_A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Deniz Türkoglu <deniz@spotify.com> wrote:
>
>> This is my first mail to the git mailing list. I have been following
>> the list for some time now and I would like to suggest moving the
>> reviews out of the mailing list, for example to a gerrit instance, I
>> believe it would improve the commits and the mailing list. I have a
>> filter on 'PATCH', but I feel I miss some of the discussion, and
>> things that I would be interested in.
>>
>> I have spoken to Shawn Pearce (gerrit project lead, google) and he
>> said he is OK with hosting the gerrit instance.
>>
>> I would like to hear your thoughts on this.
>
> Personally I think reviews on the mailing list is far superior than
> any other review methods. I've even blogged about it and all the
> reasons[1]. Gerrit is better than bugzilla, but it still requires a
> web browser, and logging in.

I disagree that the current approach is optimal. Bugzilla is a bug-tracker and is not meant to be used for reviews. I believe in using the right tool for the right job. An e-mail should be concise and to the point, in this case only contain the discussion. This will help it to reach a wider audience and be more useful when people stumble upon it through a google search.

cheers, -deniz