[llvm-dev] [RFC] Deprecate email code reviews in favor of Phabricator

[Kevin P. Neal via llvm-dev]

On Mon, May 03, 2021 at 05:24:24PM +0000, Krzysztof Parzyszek via llvm-dev wrote:
>    This section presents a potential future evolution of the review
>    process.  Christian has conducted experiments suggesting that we can
>    replace the XXX-commits mailing lists with notifications directly from
>    Phabricator:

Wouldn't this make it more difficult for sites that archive the lists?
Right now it all works. If the lists were eliminated then it would be
harder to archive. Not impossible, but it would be more work.

Plus, how long would it take for archive sites to switch over? How much
history would only exist in Phab's database?

Couldn't the commit lists be made read-only except from Phab? That would
force reviews to happen on Phab but otherwise keep all existing email
setups working.
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