Judging from my GitHub experience, I think they mean seeing, under each chunk of code, the whole conversation thread pertaining to that chunk. In other words, where a standard mailing list format looks like:
Person 1
> Chunk of code 1
Comment
> Chunk of code 2
Comment
Person 2
> Chunk of code 1
Comment
> Chunk of code 2
Comment
Chunk of code 1
Person 1
Comment
Person 2
Comment
Chunk of code 2
Person 1
Comment
Person 2
CommentYeah, we have a view like that.
Out of curiosity, do you have an example of what it looks like? (I checked several patches on https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/sr.ht-dev/patches but couldn't find anything with line-by-line discussion.)
Here's a simple example:
Thanks for the reply. It's more than I expected (even if the UI and the lack of interactivity inside the browser are still a problem for me).
Looking forward to experiencing it in practice someday. Maybe Emacs will finally migrate off Debbugs.
You should go ask them! There's an ongoing discussion about it on the mailing list right now.
I'm on the mailing list ;-)
The issue is brought up repeatedly, but there's no real movement right this moment (or for the last several months, really).
There are several proponents of SourceHut thanks to its email-based workflows and (apparently?) LibreJS compatibility. But none are passionate enough to push for it, thus far, and do the work required.
As opposed to, say, advocates of Gitlab (which got effectively banned by a long list of requirements, alas).
Yes, except for the last bit. Unlike GitHub/GitLab you can also respond to several comments at once.
>Can you read those discussions later in a "flat" presentation without scrolling through emails one-by-one?
I don't know what this means.