Re: [Qemu-devel] why restrict pull reqs to signed tags?

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 09/03/2016 13:31, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> > Ironically, projects using github pull requests do this.  They do code
> > review through the website and merge with a button.  The resulting
> > history is non-linear.
>
> The website based review is a big minus:
> - email is more flexible for formulating a careful, detailed review
> - the review discussion is independently archived, not held hostage in
>   a proprietary system
> 
> The final result is also inferior I think:
> - the various feedback tags are not captured in the commit message of
>   each individual patch
> 
> We've been getting github pull requests for edk2. I'm always in a rush
> to reject them, lest another maintainer click the button out of
> oversight. I insist on keeping it all on-list.

I agree, hence the "Ironically" part.  Still, the point remains that
github pull requests result in a much more non-linear history than Linux
or QEMU.

That said, it also doesn't do exactly what David says, because the tags
are recorded in the web interface only---not in the commit.

Paolo