Gitbox is just a very thin UI on top of git, no PRs. Gary
On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 9:19 AM Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > I thought gitbox was still an alternative to having to use GitHub to > submit PRs. That said, it wouldn’t be for discussions, etc. > > Ralph > > > On Aug 14, 2024, at 3:31 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I think that to "deactivate" the mailing lists you refer to would be very > > bad and might not even be allowed by Apache. > > > > You cannot/shouldn't force people to create a GitHub (Microsoft) account > > just to talk to us. > > > > Odd as it sounds, I've had someone told me they would not submit a PR > > because they did not want to create a GH account. It feels > > counterproductive from my POV not to submit PRs but it shouldn't lock > > people out. > > > > There might also be parts of the world where GH is not available but > Apache > > servers are (more of a geopolitical issue). > > > > Gary > > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 3:43 AM Piotr P. Karwasz <piotr.karw...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi Gary, > >> > >> On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 at 12:15, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> While it is a different community, I have received negative feedback in > >>> Commons against the trend to spread information all over the place, and > >> we > >>> don't use GitHub. > >>> > >>> The TLDR is that in the past it was easier to find information because > >> you > >>> only had the mailing list and later Jira. Now you have multiple mailing > >>> lists, Jira, emails from GitHub, plus discussions in GitHub PRs, plus > >>> Slack. Adding to the list is GitHub issues... > >> > >> Might I propose a split of concerns between GH Discussions and the > >> mailing lists: > >> > >> * We use GH Discussions as a replacement for `log4j-user`, > >> `log4net-user`, `log4cxx-user`. Two of these mailing lists are dead > >> anyway, since subscribing to a ML for a one-off question is a hustle. > >> * We use `dev@logging` as always for reaching consensus and decisions > >> concerning the directions we choose for development. > >> > >> BTW: Can we deactivate all the mailing lists except `dev`, `private` > >> and `security`? > >> > >> Piotr > >> > >
