I split my time between Gerrit-based and email-based projects. While I appreciate Gerrit for its benefits (like the excellent CI integration), I instinctively tend to gravitate towards my email-based workflow that is blazing fast, allows me to work completely offline (once OfflineIMAP fetches email in the morning), and lets me process tons of email / patches.

The said offline workflow (setup with: Mutt, OfflineIMAP, Postfix for local mail queueing, and Notmuch for fast indexing / searching / tagging) gives me unalloyed joy compared to the clickety-clicky, RSI-inducing pain that is Gerrit.

The problems listed in the below email, by Dan Berrangé, about Gerrit are still a bloody pain in the neck for me:

https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-02/msg...

[I learnt 2 days ago (can't find the URL to it; typing from my phone) that Gerrit now allows you to respond via email (strangely the announcement only mentioned the dreaded HTML email). I'm a bit cautious to say "sounds promising" without trying it yet.]