[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Experiment: enable github pull requests

[Romain Beauxis]

Le mer. 12 févr. 2025 à 12:49, Lynne <dev at lynne.ee> a écrit :
>
> On 12/02/2025 19:06, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi all

Hi!

>
> > I propose, that we enable github pull requests
> >
> > github is the most widely used development platform and has the lowest barrier
> > of entry.
> >
> > after ~1-3 Month, we then evaluate how many new developers this attracted,
> > how many new contributions it attracted.
> > What the ratios of reviewed vs ignored vs applied vs rejected patches are compared to the ML
>
> Those are rather arbitrary statistics.
>
> > This information should help the community make decissions about the use of
> > web based git development vs the mailing list.
>
> Every one of us is already familiar with the benefits of having a platform.
> This is just slowing down and delaying what we ought to do, which is to
> switch as soon as possible.
> Finally, without CI, it doesn't really show the potential.
>
> We all know that github will not be the platform we move to, so instead
> of getting used to a temporary workflow, I'd rather we test a likely
> final workflow that we could potentially be using.
>
> Instead of github, I want to use the current test Forgejo instance. It
> already has CI working and over 10 developers have registered.
> Some have doubts about whether it would slow down with more users, or
> bugs would appear, and it would be good to demonstrate the platform can
> handle our workflow, and fix any remaining issues.
>
> Users can already login to the instance with their github accounts, so
> there's no barrier to entry.

Would you mind sharing the url? A quick search didn't reveal anything.

Thanks,
-- Romain