[spec] Sourcehut migration progress-update and Re: [spec] Patience

[DJ Chase]

On Sun, 2021-10-24 at 22:52 +0200, Alex Schroeder wrote:
> > I'd love to build a team and get going. If anyone else wants to as
> > well, please say so.
> 
> I'm willing to help.

Great! Thank you.

> 
> In the spirit of showing what sort of things I'd be about:

TLDR: I agree with most of these things. I've replied to a few
disagreements below, but otherwise I pretty-much agree. I'd love to have
you on the team.

> 
> I like to use git directly. We can all collaborate using our respective
> git repositories and pull requests. If one of us uses a repository
> available via GitLab, SourceHut or some other platform, that's a nice
> bonus, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm happy with using git, and
> discussions on the mailing list.

I mostly agree with this. I agree we should be "using git directly", but
I don't consider sending around pull-requests to various repos to be
using git directly. Multiple repos are totally fine, but we should use
git's native way of distributing patches: git send-email. I know that
requiring send-email would put some people off, though, so I'm fine with
also accepting patches via the method you described above.

Either way, though, I think that we should still have one
central/official repo. Not having one would mean that new contributors
would have nothing to clone in order to get started.

> [...] I'm happy with using git, and discussions on the mailing list.

This brings up a good point - though probably best suited for the parent
thread - of whether we even need issue trackers. What do y'all think of
this?


> My preferred way of working would be discussing things on the mailing
> list, me writing a draft on the wiki, and finally committing it to my
> repository and then inviting others to pull it.

I think it's important that people be able to submit patches in addition
to just discussing it on the mailing list. A draft branch may be the
best way of doing this, but of course I'm open to ideas.

> Based on the above, I guess I'm volunteering for draft writing,
> maintaining one of the repos, and the process of getting things into
> that repo,

Awesome.

> and less for lively mailing list discussion.

Also great, though I am confused as to how this does not conflict with
your above quote: "I'm happy with using git, and discussions on the
mailing list".

> In an ideal
> world, friends would read the mailing list for me and summarize the
> discussion for me.

It could be good to have an actual digest-mode instead of simply
grouped-emails.


> Anyway, if you're interested in having me on the team in a role that
> plays to my strength, then you have my … keyboard, I guess. :)

I'd love to have you on the team assuming people aren't greatly upset by
this. It seems improbable that people would be so.

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DJ Chase
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