[cfe-dev] [llvm-dev] [Github] RFC: linear history vs merge commits

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> From: cfe-dev [mailto:cfe-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org] On Behalf Of David
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> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:56 PM
> To: Roman Lebedev
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> Subject: Re: [cfe-dev] [llvm-dev] [Github] RFC: linear history vs merge
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> Roman Lebedev <lebedev.ri at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > *Does* LLVM want to switch from phabricator to github pr's?
> > I personally don't recall previous discussions.
> > Personally, i hope not, i hope phabricator should/will stay.
> 
> I find Phab pretty unintuitive.  I just started using it in earnest
> about four months ago, so that's one datapoint from people new to it.

Heh. Years ago I described it as "actively user-hostile."  Merely being
unintuitive is a huge step forward.  I don't know how much of that is
the local LLVM instance being massaged toward usefulness as opposed to
improvements in the underlying product.
--paulr