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1. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2017 14:54:45 UTC Bob Mottram

   invents git
   
   Only takes patches via email
   
   

   The kernel project should really move to something like Gitlab with pull requests and such. It's a much more streamlined workflow which avoids the messiness of gigantic inboxes and the archaicness of "signed off by".
   • Annah's got the Shotgun (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2017 15:04:45 UTC Annah's got the Shotgun

     in reply to
     @bob That would involve the kernel project being run efficiently.  It is not.
     Bob Mottram repeated this.
   • Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2017 15:10:41 UTC Bob Mottram

     • nds
     @nds it's cumbersome using git format-patch and then git send-email, but it works. Having tried to get patches into the kernel in the past the main hazard is that you end up with a giant inbox of mostly other patches which you don't care about and it's easy for your particular patch to be quickly buried in the noise. Anyone who has ever subscribed to a high traffic mailing list will know what I'm talking about.
   • Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2017 15:23:01 UTC Bob Mottram

     • David Ashby
     @lazyreader The security aspect I hadn't really considered. Whether it's a problem or not really depends upon how well the maintainer or other mailing list subscribers review code before merging. It's possible to imagine a scenario in which a MiTM makes some subtle single character change to an email patch as it gets posted to a list and then reviewers don't notice, but I think eventually things like that would get noticed.