[TYPO3-dev] I blame Git [was:Slow BE since 4.5.x]

[François Suter]

Hi,

> And I feel i'm not alone (François wrote something in that spirit if I
> recall).

Since my name was mentioned, I feel compelled to reply :-)

What I mostly miss from the Core list is the opportunity to do some 
"casual" reviewing, something like quickly reading a patch and giving a 
+1 by reading. Of course this was not very strict and maybe it's better 
that it's harder to do now. And although I have set up my Gerrit options 
so that I receive mails from it, I still find it easier to "forget" 
about patches than before.

That being said, it's also related to the fact that I am extremely busy 
at the moment and dedicate my "TYPO3 time" mostly to documentation, so 
I'm a bit distant from Core development these days. This also doesn't 
help feeling at ease with Git, as I don't work enough with. I definitely 
think to it's superior to SVN and allows us to work in ways which we 
couldn't before (or at least with less hassle), bit I also think that it 
takes longer getting used to than SVN.

Still I don't think that Git itself is the issue. Nor is Gerrit, even 
though I find its user interface really unpleasant. As Christian 
mentioned, long discussions in the Core list could also kill a patch.

One big problem is certainly getting used to all these changes. Although 
human beings are extremely adaptable (more than they think), they are 
pretty resistant to change. It's probably unavoidable that we will lose 
some contributors due to the recent changes. We will also gain new ones. 
We'll have to see over time how this evolves.

As we're gradually drifting away from the original topic, I would also 
say that one reason why I'm not very active in Core development these 
days is because I'm still "digesting" the release of 4.5 It was a very 
important release and the fact that it has long-term support has 
definitely raised our clients' interest in upgrading (which was rather 
low otherwise). So there are a lot of sites to migrate and a lot of 
extension to update (I'm finding it a good opportunity to also release 
major versions of some of my extensions). TBH my mind is very far away 
from 4.6. I hope it's just me ;-)

Cheers

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Francois Suter
Cobweb Development Sarl - http://www.cobweb.ch