Firefox Development Is Moving from Mercurial to Git

Re:Firefox Development Is Moving from Mercurial to Git by severino on Monday November 06, 2023 @06:37AM (#38161238)

> Hosting it elsewhere means people are less likely to find it in the first place.

But Firefox is a well-known software and, at the same time, a very complex one. I don't think that somebody who struggles figuring out how to contribute via, e.g., Gitlab, will be able to contribute anything useful to the project.

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Re:Firefox Development Is Moving from Mercurial to Git by Jochim on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @03:26AM (#38187969)

Motivation and visibility is the problem, not ability.

People only have so much time and even insignificant barriers reduce participation.

The Emacs example is a bit more involved but still demonstrates this. There's nothing particularly difficult about submitting patches by email but the thought of doing so does put people off. The same goes for the copyright assignment, not difficult at all but reduces participation.

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