Re: Why not set Emacs development workflow based on the popular git forges (GitHub, Bitbucket, Gitlab, ect)?

[Max Nikulin]

On 04/09/2021 20:47, Kévin Le Gouguec wrote:
> Hongyi Zhao writes:
>
> >                                             OTOH, Linux kernel [1] has
> > already adopted GitHub as its development platform, which is also
> > complete free and a classic example of successful free software.
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux
>
> FTR: this is a read-only mirror.  As the helpful bot that answers every
> pull request there says:
>
> > Linux kernel development happens on mailing lists, rather than on
> > GitHub - this GitHub repository is a read-only mirror that isn't used
> > for accepting contributions. So that your change can become part of
> > Linux, please email it to us as a patch.

There is a technical reason why github is not suitable for Linux kernel 
(and it is hardly to applicable to Emacs): it is impossible to 
coordinate several groups of developers responsible for different 
subsystems using github flavor of pull requests and bugs. For email it 
is simply several Cc addresses:

Daniel Vetter. Why Github can't host the Linux Kernel Community. August 
8, 2017
https://blog.ffwll.ch/2017/08/github-why-cant-host-the-kernel.html

Though such reasons were not discussed in Microsoft's proposal to use 
"modern" approach for Linux development:

Relying on plain-text email is a 'barrier to entry' for kernel 
development, says Linux Foundation board member. Interview with Sarah 
Novotny. 2020-08-25
https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/25/linux_kernel_email/

These links are intended just to show that various project may have 
quite different reasons to resist development on github/gitlab despite 
some demand. I hope, it will not cause Microsoft & Linux flame here.