On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 11:40:16AM -0400, Chris Mason wrote: > > > On 04/01/2014 11:16 AM, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > >On 04/01/2014 05:41 PM, Chris Mason wrote: > >> > >>Hello everyone, > >> > >>During last week's Collab summit, Jon Corbet suggested we use the power > >>of social media to improve the Linux kernel patch review process. > >> > >>We thought this was a great idea, and have been experimenting with a new > >>Facebook group dedicated to patch discussion and review. The new group > >>provides a dramatically improved development workflow, including: > >> > >> * One click patch or comment approval > >> * Comments enhanced with pictures and video > >> * Who has seen your patches and comments > >> * Searchable index of past submissions > >> * A strong community without anonymous flames > >> > >>To help capture the group discussion in the final patch submission, > >>we suggest adding a Liked-by: tag to commits that have been through > >>group review. > >> > >>To use the new group, please join: > >> > >>https://www.facebook.com/groups/linuxpatches/ > >> > >>Once you've joined, you can post patches in the group, or email patches to > >>linuxpatches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >>-chris > > > >NACK! I do not have facebook and I do not like patches to be discussed > >behind my back. On the mailing list we don't even want HTML with bold > >lettered words so no thanks facebook adds nothing > > > >Please obliterate this bad idea. > > > >(And I do not have Facebook shares or care to) > > It's always hard to move on to new technologies. But at some point we have > to recognize that the internet has developed a rich culture that the kernel > community isn't taking full advantage of. > > I certainly don't expect everyone to convert right away, but there's a whole > world out there beyond port 25. Agreed Acked-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx> We might even be able to "recruit" a much more diverse group of reviewers who are undiscovered as of now ;-) -- balbi
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