[openstack-dev] [all][infra] revert new gerrit

Anita Kuno anteaya at anteaya.info
Fri Mar 18 17:34:48 UTC 2016


On 03/18/2016 01:16 PM, Boris Pavlovic wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> What about if we just create new project for alternative Gerrit WebUI and
> use it?
> I don't think that with current set of web frameworks it would be too hard.
> 
> Best regards,
> Boris Pavlovic

It's called vinz: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack-infra/vinz/

Patches welcome.

Thanks,
Anita.

> 
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Andrew Laski <andrew at lascii.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Andrey Kurilin wrote:
>>
>> Hi all!
>> I want to start this thread because I'm tired. I spent a lot of time, but
>> I can't review as easy as it was with old interface. New Gerrit is awful.
>> Here are several issues:
>>
>> * It is not possible to review patches at mobile phone. "New" "modern"
>> theme is not adopted for small screens.
>> * Leaving comments is a hard task. Position of page can jump anytime.
>> * It is impossible to turn off hot-keys. position of page changed->I don't
>> see that comment pop-up is closed->continue type several letters->make
>> unexpected things(open edit mode, modify something, save, exit...)
>> * patch-dependency tree is not user-friendly
>> * summary table doesn't include status of patch(I need list to the end of
>> a page to know if patch is merged or not)
>> * there is no button "Comment"/"Reply" at the end of page(after all
>> comments).
>> * it is impossible to turn off "new" search mechanism
>>
>> Does it possible to return old, classic theme? It was a good time when we
>> have old and new themes together...
>>
>>
>> I spent a little bit of time investigating the possibility of a chrome
>> extension to turn off the keyboard shortcuts and search mechanism a little
>> while ago. I eventually gave up but what I learned is that those changes
>> are apparently related to the inline edit ability that was added. The edit
>> window only loads in what is currently visible so regular browser search
>> would not work.
>>
>> I've adapted to the new interface and really like some of the new
>> capabilities it provides, but having the page jump around while I'm
>> commenting has been a huge annoyance.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Andrey Kurilin.
>>
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