Hello all,

My vote is for 2. I am not a big fan of hydrid systems, I think that it makes everything more complex. 

The main I advantage that I see to switching to github is the more familiar UI for most of the users. I personally like more the ability to create PRs with multiple commits as well, Gerrit's approach to "chained changes" is not very convenient in my opinion. 

Regards,
Georgios
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Reading the article one of the author's main points was the benefit of CircleCI integration.

 

I assume TF-M openCI remain as is and going to be hosted by Linaro.  Is it true?

 

So, in TF-M case  that main benefit would be the preference over UI and the issue tracking.   

 

I think the code review capabilities of Gerrit is as good or even better than GitHub. But understand that this is a  personal preference rather than a pure technical choice.

 

Regarding the Wiki feature, it might convenient than the *.rst docs and rendering html. However, many projects do the same.

 

Tamas

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Story “From Gerrit to Github”: https://medium.com/compass-true-north/from-gerrit-to-github-cebc463ec01b

 

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Focusing on the technical details:
- If someone has wide experience with both platform (Gerrit and GitHub) can he/she share his/her view?  If there is a blog about this topic please point out.

- What would be the real benefit to migrate to GitHub only?  
- Does dropping Gerrit means losing the review history? I assume it cannot be migrated to GitHub.

- those who have voted could give a short justification of their choice?

 

Tamas

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Please keep the code of conduct in this forum and avoid bringing politics, religion, or any other sensitive topics into discussion.

Let’s stay here on the technical side only. There are many other forums to expose a personal opinion on any topic.

 

Thanks in advance for understanding,

Anton

 

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Should we pay & support a comfort of regimes which built walls against the rest of the world? That is their choice.

 

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Yep.

If Github becomes the only working repo, users from China mainland have to either always use VPN, or maintain local mirrors time by time.

 

Best regards,

Hu Ziji

 

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It should be an issue for China mainland users, as they have to use VPN for all other open-source project present on GitHub (MbedTls, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, CMSIS, PSA Arch Tests and etc.)

 

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Sorry for typo. China mainland. 😊

 

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Hi all,

 

It is difficult for developers from China mainline to directly access Github.

Option 3 looks more reliable.

 

Best regards,

Hu Ziji

 

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Hello,

 

Quite some time ago there was a proposal to move TF-M into GitHub. The main motivation is: more convenient review process, the Wiki for knowledge sharing and issue tracking facility.

This idea had been discussed multiple times in TSC. The following options were considered:

  1. Hybrid: Add TF-M on GitHub with 2 ways synchronization between GitHub and existing Git/Gerrit
  2. GitHub only: Move to GitHub completely and drop Gerrit.
  3. Mirror: Create a read-only mirror on GitHub. TF-M review process stays in Gerrit but Wiki and issue tracking are on GitHub.
  4. Nothing: Stay on Gerrit as good enough solution.

The options are ordered by complexity and cost each has pros and cons. The Mirror option (3) seeing as the best compromise and practically affordable in a short time.

 

Please share your opinion and comments on the topic with any dependencies or specific requirements to be considered.

 

Thanks,

Anton