From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 062461F71B for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 09:57:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752563AbcHAJyR (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Aug 2016 05:54:17 -0400 Received: from ducie-dc1.codethink.co.uk ([185.25.241.215]:60317 "EHLO ducie-dc1.codethink.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752518AbcHAJyM (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Aug 2016 05:54:12 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ducie-dc1.codethink.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56250463585; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 10:54:09 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at ducie-dc1.codethink.co.uk Received: from ducie-dc1.codethink.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ducie-dc1.codethink.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id rMpL6mKms+BX; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 10:54:07 +0100 (BST) Received: from salo (82-70-136-246.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.70.136.246]) by ducie-dc1.codethink.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6ACA846053A; Mon, 1 Aug 2016 10:54:07 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 10:53:51 +0100 From: Richard Ipsum To: Josh Triplett Cc: Eric Wong , Christian Couder , git@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dborowitz@google.com, Omar Jarjur , Harry Lawrence Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] git-series: track changes to a patch series over time Message-ID: <20160801095351.GA27496@salo> References: <20160729064055.GB25331@x> <20160729101011.GA3469@salo> <20160801075554.GA22222@starla> <20160801085928.lw3ltdksyrjujutu@x> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160801085928.lw3ltdksyrjujutu@x> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 01:59:29AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 07:55:54AM +0000, Eric Wong wrote: [snip] > > > > I'm not convinced another format/standard is needed besides the > > email workflow we already use for git and kernel development. > > Not all projects use a patches-by-email workflow, or want to. To the > extent that tools and projects use some other workflow, standardizing > the format they use to store patch reviews (including per-line > annotations, approvals, test results, etc) seems preferable to having > each tool use its own custom format. I concur, for better or for worse many projects have abandoned mailing lists in favour of github, gerrit, gitlab and the like. The problem being, with the exception of gerrit, most of these tools store review data in sql databases, which is bad for obvious reasons. > > > I also see the reliance on an after-the-fact search engine > > (which can be tuned/replaced) as philosophically inline with > > what git does, too, such as not having rename tracking and > > doing delayed deltafication. > > Storing review data in git doesn't mean it needs to end up in the > history of the project itself; it can use after-the-fact annotations on > a commit. Exactly.