Re: Proposal: review branches (was Re: [vdagent-win PATCH v6 2/5] Initial rewrite of image conversion code)

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Hi

----- Original Message -----
> 
> > On 26 Jul 2017, at 11:23, Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> Now, any objection to
> >> 
> >> 1. Recommending that we use git URLs in patches?
> > 
> > If that may help, but as Christophe said, this may be overkill for small
> > series. Let's not make it a rule.
> > 
> >> 2. Having a shared location for branches under review?
> > 
> > This is really contrary to the distributed nature of git.
> 
> If that was true, why would the inventor of git, Linus Torvalds, use a public
> shared place like kernel.org?
> 
> Git gives you the freedom to have multiple repos and sync them easily. It
> does not place a restriction that you can’t have a shared one for a team.
> 
> > 
> > Add a remote remote repo if you are interested by tracking someone else
> > work, it works just as well.
> 
> No, it does not. It means you need to git fetch multiple places. It’s
> complicated enough that there are 17 repositories in the spice project. For
> one of them I have 12 remotes already. That does not scale well.
> 

git remote add/update, it scales fine..

> > 
> > Imho, we could benefit using a system tracking patch series state from the
> > mailing list, such as patchew. But it would probably need some work to fit
> > Spice needs.
> 
> We would benefit from that, yes. But that’s another issue entirely.

If the issue is about tracking patch series state, then it's not not entirely different.

Thanks
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