[AFS3-std] Using Gerrit for draft review

[Simon Wilkinson]

On 7 Dec 2010, at 19:14, Jeffrey Altman wrote:

> Is this something the group would like to try?

I think there are two issues

The first is document format. If we're interested in reviewing  
differences between revisions of documents, then we would need to  
agree on a single, structured, submission format such as XML. This is  
different from that used by the I-D archive, and would penalise those  
who aren't prepared to go through the trauma of xml2rfc. Gerrit  
wouldn't be able to handle plain text.

The second is whether gerrit is actually a good place to have wide  
ranging design discussions. Our experience with the OpenAFS gerrit  
suggests that there is a point where these kinds of conversations  
become unmanageable in gerrit, and have to migrate to email. This  
means that you end up with your history in two places, something I  
think would be a hinderance when it comes to writing protocol documents.

Cheers,

Simon.