Alexandre Rodrigues
Hello;
I’d like to ask something regarding this effort. Right now, GHC’s repository is mirrored in these locations:
* Phabricatorhttps://phabricator.haskell.org/diffusion/GHC/ * git.haskell.orghttps://git.haskell.org/ * GitHubhttps://github.com/ghc/ghc/ * GitLabhttps://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/
Most of these have associated READMEs that encourage users to contribute patches to that particular instance, which does not really reflect the current state of affairs: right now, it is my understanding that GitLab is where all (new) patches are to be submitted.
With the recent migration to GitLab and archival of Trac, will the first two be moved to read-only status like the Trac service?
Precisely; git.haskell.org and Phabricator will both be decommissioned. However, we want to ensure that we keep archival copies of these services around so this will take some time.
Regarding GitHub/GitLab – do we still want to accept contributions to GitHub? If so, what kind? All kinds? Maybe just small documentation patches?
At the moment the plan is to continue accepting small documentation patches and divert everything larger to GitLab.
I believe all of this should be documented to avoid fragmentation of contribution efforts. I still remember my first contribution was a little confusing because of this.
Indeed this is on the queue. So far we've been trying out best to keep the migration on track and keep moving the release schedule chugging along, even if slowly. After this newcomer's guide is finished we will turn our attention to cleaning up the remaining documentation. Cheers, - Ben