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Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:54:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <55715cf9-0f6c-4525-a310-7945db72dc21@netcologne.de> In-Reply-To: <55715cf9-0f6c-4525-a310-7945db72dc21@netcologne.de> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:53:50 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: On pull request workflows for the GNU toolchain To: Thomas Koenig Cc: Joseph Myers , gcc@gcc.gnu.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org, binutils@sourceware.org, gdb@sourceware.org, "fortran@gcc.gnu.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Jeffrey Walton via Gdb Reply-To: noloader@gmail.com Errors-To: gdb-bounces~public-inbox=simark.ca@sourceware.org Sender: "Gdb" On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 8:08=E2=80=AFAM Thomas Koenig via Gdb wrote: > > [For the fortran people: Discussion on gcc@] > > Just a general remark. > > There are people, such as myself, who regularly mess up > their git repositories because they have no mental model > of what git is doing (case in point: The Fortran unsigned > branch, which I managed to put into an unrepairable state > despite considerable help from people who tried to help me > fix it). This is especially true of volunteer maintainers, > who are still the mainstay of gfortran. ++. Thousands of upvotes on Stack Overflow questions about simple Git tasks indicate usability problems in Git, and not a great question on social media. Confer, . > Whatever you end up doing, consider such maintainers, and > if they still can contribute or would simply give up. > If what you end up doing is too complicated, it may end up > severely impacting the gfortran project (and possibly others). Jeff