Git Scratch-Pads for every identity.kde.org account (not only developers)

[Milian Wolff]

Torgny Nyblom, 31.12.2010:
> On Thursday 30 December 2010 17.55.35 Milian Wolff wrote:
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > I want to bring this topic to discussion. As developer of KDevelop and
> > Kate I'm forced to jump through hoops to get code by new contributors
> > in.
> > 
> > Right now the workflow is like this:
> > 
> > - new contributor says he has a patch
> > - asked to created account on identitiy.kde.org
> > - asked to put patch on reviewboard
> > - gets reviewed
> > - if it's a single commit patch, I ask him to use git format-patch and
> > send me the commit so I can git am it
> > - if it's a new feature or a big bugfix consisting of several commits the
> > above is just a royal pita, hence I ask him to make his git branch public
> > somewhere (gitorious, github, ...)
> > 
> > What I'd like to see improved:
> > 
> > - give every i.k.o account the ability to use his scratch pad without
> > having the developer status.
> > - make it possible to create a review board entry based on a branch in a
> > scratch pad repo. Bonus points for automatic/easier update of the diff
> > based on this branch. And I know that reviewboard does not support
> > anything but single patches (yes, I don't like this as well but I can
> > live with it), yet something like `git diff $branch..master` can be
> > automated.
> > 
> > And for the final merging of commits I could simply add their clone as a
> > remote and merge it just like I used to do on gitorious.
> > 
> > BTW: Opening up scratch pad repos is probably also good for new people
> > working on completely new plugins or apps, since they can use our git
> > infrastructure from the beginning without first having to use
> > gitorious/github/... I know that most people will run into problems
> > sooner or later and need me or someone else to take a look at their
> > code, hence "just work in a local clone at the beginning" is not an
> > option.
> 
> I'm affraid that opening scratch for everyone will make our git solution
> into a new github/gitorious.
> 
> But I'm all for everyone can create a clone of a already hosted project.
> This will fix the concerns above and still keep the focus on KDE.

And what about my last paragraph? Kate and KDevelop see lots of contributions 
from people working on plugins. Both can/should happen in designated repos at 
the beginning imo. Now they have to use gitorious/github/...

Is this how it should be? How was this in SVN times? Did people also start new 
work somewhere else and waited for the time it was kde-review-able to merge it 
into KDE?

Bye
-- 
Milian Wolff
mail at milianw.de
http://milianw.de
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