GnuPG Github mirrors

[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 11:24, jeroen.ooms at stat.ucla.edu said:

> For example if I currently have a suggestion for a new GnuPG FAQ entry
> I would have to download the code, create a patch, send that to the
> mailing list, and then hope that you are actively reading the mailing
> list, apply the patch and push. In Github I would simply clone the
> repo, commit the changes, and send you a pull request in which we can
> together review/discuss/tweak the changes until you are pleased and

We already discuss patches on the mailing list.  Sending and applying
patches via by mail is a native Git feature and all workflow has been
optimized for this.  Sending URLs is an alien thing and does only work
if you have an online connection.

Prospective developers with a GitHub mindset will have a hard time to get
accustomed to regular Free Software development.  I have seen people
evangelizing for Git but didn't understand the basic commands because
they come from Github.  Sorry, you need to get your feet wet before
diving into GnuPG development.

> this year, Daniel Stenberg (maintainer of libcurl) explains why he

Daniel is not known as a strong supporter of the Free Software idea and
thus he sets other priorities.  Anyway, feel free to mirror stuff
wherever you like - after all this is what Free Software is about.  To
avoid confusion it would be nice to clearly state that the commonly used
GnuPG version is hosted elsewhere.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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