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How is the migration to GitLab going? I still see people filing bugs via email...

• TimWolla 6y ago
  Is it planned to move issue tracking to Salsa? I enjoy filing bugs via email, because that does not require me to create an account and I need email notifications to become aware of updates anyway.
  • 6c696e7578 6y ago
    I think gitlab has a few email gateways. You can send patches to salsa if you create an account first. To be quite honest, at least this way spam goes down a bit. For the maintainers, they can filter things when it arrives this way. As a productivity tool, gitlab is great.
    • vbezhenar 6y ago
      Does it force people who want to submit bug, to accept any additional license agreements?
      • 6c696e7578 6y ago
        I would imagine that happens for the patch to become a PR, give it a try.
• gspr 6y ago
  The GitLab migration was never about changing how bugs are reported. The bug tracker is still The Place for bugs. Salsa (the name of the GitLab instance) is just voluntary infrastructure for git, replacing the previous (also voluntary to use) Alioth service. There are some attached hooks that automate some Salsa-BTS interactions. For example, making a commit that references closing a bug will automatically send a message to the BTS letting the reporter and others know that a fix has been committed. The bug will actually close only when the new package version is in the archive (the archive is still fully git-oblivious). That said, the Salsa migration is complete, and Alioth is no more.
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  • siwatanejo 6y ago
    Great thanks for the info!