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
> >>
>
>

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