Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] ksmbd: a bunch of patches

From: Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>
To: Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org>, Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
Cc: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
	linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org,
	Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>,
	Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>,
	Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] ksmbd: a bunch of patches
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 12:45:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <27908e3e-140e-8c7a-e792-414fec5b5190@talpey.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ce52c130-74de-feaa-6995-6a0d947816a6@samba.org>

On 9/29/2021 12:38 PM, Ralph Boehme wrote:
> Am 29.09.21 um 17:42 schrieb Jeremy Allison:
>> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 11:28:09AM -0400, Tom Talpey wrote:
>>>
>>> I completely agree that email is inefficient, but git is a terrible
>>> way to have a discussion. We should attempt to be sure we have
>>> those, and that everybody has a chance to see the proposals without
>>> having to go to the web five times a day.
>>>
>>> Please take this as a request for regular git-send-email updates to
>>> this list, so I can see them if I'm not online. Maybe add a boilerplate
>>> line to direct to the git repo webui. I'm sure a few others will
>>> appreciate it too.
>>
>> Samba does well with the web-based discussion mechanism
>> around merge-requests (MR's) in gitlab. I assume github
>> has something similar.
>>
>> Maybe send the initial patch to the list with a link
>> to the github MR so people interested in reviewing/discussing
>> can follow along there ?
> 
> well, if I could have it the way I wanted, then this would be it. But I 
> understand that adopting new workflows is not something I can impose -- 
> at least not without paying for an insane amount of Lakritz-Gitarren 
> that I tend to use to bribe metze into doing something I want him to do. :)

I'm in for github if you send me some too!

https://www.gutschmecker.com/produkt/haevy-metal-salzige-gitarren-10-x-150-g-tuete/

> The problem is not so much doing the *review* on patches sent to the 
> list. While Samba has moved away from doing review on patch emails, it 
> can certainly be done.

Clearly, this effort bridges the Linux and Samba processes. We can
definitely try. I guess I'm going to take some convincing.

Tom.

> The point is, once you go beyond "review" by taking someone else's 
> patchset, modifying it deeply, reordering patches, adding patches, 
> rewriting patches, dropping patches and so on, that's when the 
> patchset-as-email workflow explodes and coordination via git is needed.
> 
> Once such a collaboratively worked on patchset stabilizes, it can of 
> course again go to the mailing list.
> 
> -slow
> 