• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    86·
    4 months ago

    Pull requests, huh? I have like half a dozen bad jokes half formed in my brain…

    But seriously, is this a thing on github these days? Spam through PRs (and presumably also Issues)? Can it be mitigated?

    But I’m pretty sure Github is not the main place to develop the Linux kernel. I believe they have their own git servers and GH is only a mirror, so maybe PRs from GH are ignored altogether? IDK

    • yogurtwrong@lemmy.worldOP
      75·
      4 months ago

      Linux kernel does not accept contributions from github so this repo was always like that

      The only new thing here is this

    • passepartout@feddit.org
      27·
      4 months ago

      I’ve heard maintainers getting spammed with AI generated Issues and stuff. This is just a stupid meme from some weeks ago, trying to merge some Anime ASCII Art into the Kernal Panic log message, because the kernel should be more weeb-friendly.

      You’re right, Linux Kernel development happens on an own cgit instance. Given how much Linus loves distraction, he’d be better off by not looking into Github at all.

          • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
            2·
            4 months ago

            Well, no. As soon as the news was out I started looking for alternatives, and moved there. That was 2017. I still have my GH account though, and ever since then I’m watching the decline, like adding of premium features (read: removal of basic functionality for puny mortals).

            • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zip
              1·
              4 months ago

              Yup, I still keep mine, and have barely used it in the last 2 years. I moved to self-hosted git the moment I heard MicroShit was buying it.

              • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
                2·
                4 months ago

                Back then I didn’t trust myself to self-host that. Needlessly! It’s not hard and i already had my server anyhow. But yeah, read the signs of the times and get out before, IDK, they claim your intellectual property or you get addicted to the quasi social media addons.

    • limer@lemmy.ml
      14·
      4 months ago

      Spam through PRs (and presumably also Issues)?

      Why stop at dating? I just realized other possibilities, like “we have trying to reach you about your car insurance”

        • UpperBroccoli
          5·
          4 months ago

          Kernel undercarriage rust inhibitor.

          There are some older Linux kernel developers who might actually be interested in that, too.

  • itkovian@lemmy.world
    84·
    4 months ago

    Anything can be a dating app, if you are desperate enough.

    On that note, I am looking for smart, charming and funny girl, who is willing to date me… /s

      • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
        1·
        4 months ago

        Def, wholesome on whole new inconspicuous levels.
        (Also lore so depressing that it makes me feel like a still relatively optimistic person. Which I’m not. But the feeling is nice.)

    • Nuage
      5·
      4 months ago

      Which comic strip are you refering to ?

      • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
        3·
        4 months ago

        I’m not, I don’t remember anything directly related to this, but it just didn’t feel far off, like a nice titbit/random mention of a great love story long forgotten that lives is a short legend.

  • solrize@lemmy.ml
    22·
    4 months ago

    One of the programmers where I worked left the project to do other things. So our project lead opened a bug ticket in our public tracker to find a replacement. Sure enough, we got some candidates that way.

    • ki9@lemmy.gf4.pwEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      I am not a kernel dev but I am pretty sure all issues/patches are sent/reviewed over the mail list. I think the gh issues are ignored and should probably be turned off.

      • WbrJr@lemmy.ml
        2·
        4 months ago

        That resolves my confusion. I was wandering what is going on, if its a meme or what. But that’s actually pretty funny. Its a way to gatekeep kernel dev for people who are willing to put in effort, which shows it’s important to them making commits more serious I guess? Like it hinders people to do the AI spam shit that curl reported, on the other hand it also hinders getting into Linux dev a bit by making it more complicated than just a little pull request

    • thevoidzero@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 months ago

      Wait, are there repo that just has dating info? You just make PR for your profile. Honestly with GitHub free pages we could definitely do that lol