On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 04:28:58PM +0100, Dragan Simic wrote: > On 2024-02-04 16:12, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 12:50:04PM +0100, Michal Suchánek wrote: > > > Given the open nature of lore it should be feasible to provide > > > additional interfaces on top of it that cater to people used to PRs > > > on popular forge web UIs without hijacking the whole project and the > > > existing tools and interfaces. For some reason people are set on > > > replacing it as a whole, and removing the interfaces they personally > > > don't use, > > > > > calling them obosolete. > > > > > because they positively *are*. > > > > when i started, patch-based code reviews were the norm, and i'm still > > using them for my small project with almost no external contributions. > > > > > > but after working with gerrit code review for over a decade, i find it > > mind-boggling that people are still voluntarily subjecting themselves > > to mail-based reviews for serious high-volume work. > > > > it doesn't matter just how super-proficient you got with your old > > tools. there is just no way you'll get anywhere near as efficient as > > you would with the new ones, if you just were interested enough to > > learn them. migrating the workflows that are worth keeping isn't such > > a bit deal. > > Please, keep in mind that not everyone lives in a web browser and > loves to click around. Some people simply prefer to use the CLI > utilities and to press the keys on their keyboards, and are very > efficient while doing that. The forge vendors found out, and started to provide CLI tools. That's not really a general argument against forge software. Just as people living on web is not general argument against e-mail - it's been brought to the web a long time ago. Thanks Micchal
