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K. Ryabitsev

Good overview of patman and b4 from Doug Anderson at Google.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B3nKmBoFoQ
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K. Ryabitsev

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I was aware of patman before I started working on b4 contributor features, but I see them as targeting slightly different audiences. My goal is to solve several problems: 1. lower the entry barrier for newbies and occasional committers, 2. make it possible to submit patches without requiring a compliant SMTP server.

With the recent changes to public-inbox and the new set of features I'm planning for b4-0.15, we should be getting closer to the point where it's reasonable to send patches via pull requests and have them go through a full review cycle with lore.kernel.org acting as a fully transparent "messaging bus."
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ross@hachyderm.io

Ross Burton

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@monsieuricon Interesting. Have you written anything about this new feature set?

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K. Ryabitsev

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@ross No, not yet. I've been focused on infra/OS upgrades, so my b4 work is slower than expected.
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