Hello, On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:46:16PM +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > On 01/19/2017 09:43 AM, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > > I agree. However, I prioritize “free software needs people who work on > > it”, and by using GitHub, contributions are made significantly easier > > for a large number of people. > > > > In my personal experience, I can say that I would not be able to spend > > _nearly_ as much of my time on FOSS if it weren’t for GitHub’s > > convenient web interface. > > Same here. Also since I've moved my major packages to github, a constant > stream of pull requests for even simple bugs like typos is coming in. > People are used to github and how to create a pull request on the web > interface, and I can just merge these changes with a few clicks. Please don't forget about git-request-pull(1), or it's simpler cousin, "to fix this bug please merge branch foo from repo bar". 'bar' could well be on GitHub -- I don't think anyone objects to using GitHub purely as a repository hosting service, because that involves no lock-in. Using the Debian BTS doesn't have to mean messing about with patches, and GitHub did not invent the pull request. -- Sean Whitton
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