From: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>,
Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] doc: add caveat about turning off commit-graph
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 10:29:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <agGTcTZip0KItj1v@ugly.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8q9qwxrr.fsf@gitster.g>
On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 10:16:56AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>There will be lot of unapplied patches left on the mailing list
>initially until the contributors adjust their behaviour,
>but in the long run it may be beneficial?
>
no, it won't, because "the contributors" doesn't have a collective mind
beyond the core group.
every bit of bureaucracy you add just leads to fewer successful (and
subsequently attempted repeat) contributions.
if the scalability problems with making things contributor-friendly are
too much for you, then rethink the process/tooling. i've already made my
case for gerrit [1] ...
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/ZcA0NEb+lnjeZUBe@ugly/
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-11 8:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-05 20:45 [PATCH] doc: add caveat about turning off commit-graph kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-05-06 13:59 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-05-07 14:30 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-05-07 18:03 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-05-07 18:20 ` [PATCH v2] " kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-05-07 18:59 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-05-07 19:42 ` [PATCH v3] " kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-05-07 19:56 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-05-07 21:14 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-05-11 1:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-11 8:29 ` Oswald Buddenhagen [this message]
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