From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Stroetmann Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Linux Patch Review Group Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 01:11:35 +0200 Message-ID: <533B47A7.6010804@ontolinux.com> References: <533AD000.307@fb.com> <533AD837.8010109@gmail.com> <533ADDE0.3050802@fb.com> <20140401155558.GG4717@saruman.home> <533B30AF.4060702@ontolinux.com> <533B3BAF.7040101@ontolinux.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Boaz Harrosh , Richard Weinberger , Chris Mason , Felipe Balbi , Steven Rostedt , Linux Kernel , Linux FS Devel To: Christian Stroetmann Return-path: In-Reply-To: <533B3BAF.7040101@ontolinux.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Am 02.04.2014 00:20, schrieb Christian Stroetmann: > Am 02.04.2014 00:02, schrieb Richard Weinberger: >> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Christian Stroetmann >> wrote: >>> On Tue, 01.April.2014 17:55, Felipe Balbi wrote: >>>> On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 11:40:16AM -0400, Chris Mason wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 04/01/2014 11:16 AM, Boaz Harrosh wrote: >>>>>> On 04/01/2014 05:41 PM, Chris Mason wrote: >>>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> During last week's Collab summit, Jon Corbet suggested we use >>>>>>> the power >>>>>>> of social media to improve the Linux kernel patch review process. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We thought this was a great idea, and have been experimenting >>>>>>> with a >>>>>>> new >>>>>>> Facebook group dedicated to patch discussion and review. The >>>>>>> new group >>>>>>> provides a dramatically improved development workflow, including: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * One click patch or comment approval >>>>>>> * Comments enhanced with pictures and video >>>>>>> * Who has seen your patches and comments >>>>>>> * Searchable index of past submissions >>>>>>> * A strong community without anonymous flames >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To help capture the group discussion in the final patch submission, >>>>>>> we suggest adding a Liked-by: tag to commits that have been through >>>>>>> group review. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To use the new group, please join: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/linuxpatches/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Once you've joined, you can post patches in the group, or email >>>>>>> patches >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> linuxpatches@groups.facebook.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -chris >>>>>> NACK! I do not have facebook and I do not like patches to be >>>>>> discussed >>>>>> behind my back. On the mailing list we don't even want HTML with >>>>>> bold >>>>>> lettered words so no thanks facebook adds nothing >>>>>> >>>>>> Please obliterate this bad idea. >>>>>> >>>>>> (And I do not have Facebook shares or care to) >>>>> It's always hard to move on to new technologies. But at some point we >>>>> have >>>>> to recognize that the internet has developed a rich culture that the >>>>> kernel >>>>> community isn't taking full advantage of. >>>>> >>>>> I certainly don't expect everyone to convert right away, but >>>>> there's a >>>>> whole >>>>> world out there beyond port 25. >>>> Agreed >>>> >>>> Acked-by: Felipe Balbi >>>> >>>> We might even be able to "recruit" a much more diverse group of >>>> reviewers who are undiscovered as of now ;-) >>>> >>> Sorry, but definitely: Nack!!! >> We (the majority of the Linux maintainers) voted already on fb.com to >> make it out primary developing eco system >> and will abandon LKML starting with April 1st. >> > > Please, allow me to ask some questions: > 1. It was proposed "During last week's Collab summit" and now it is > decided already? > 2. Do you have a link to the discussion on LKML or somewhere else? > 3. Did you voted on fb.com or on LKML during? > 4. Is there a link to the vote or any related informations? > 5. You mean with "April 1st" since today respectively yesterday LKML > will be stopped to function? > 6. And with "eco system" you mean that a majority of the Linux > maintainers want to use fb.com for the development of Linux? > > Honestly, I do not find this funny somehow, but a little curious. > > > > Best regards > C. Stroetmann > If it was an April fool hoax, then I have to applaud Chris Mason and the others a lot, get the post address for the beer, thank everybody for telling me that there is a world besides the monitor, and beg your pardon for my seriousness. Now, it seems to be that I have to learn how to get my fb.com account until April 2015. Hopefully, I can find a helping hand for this modern technology. Nevertheless, my suggestion to set such a platfrom up with an open source framework was really meant in this way. Good luck Christian Stroetmann