Thanks for the direct answer. I think my stance wasn't clear enough, so i'll reword what i wrote in another comment here.
My issues are two-fold:
You could have just said on that slide: "We want a central code review system, so people do not have to learn Git. Github isn't terrible, but Gerrit is much better."
Instead you ended up putting up a list of points that make github seem like some kind of fatally flawed thing, while frankly putting people off with inaccuracies/subjectivities.
Secondly, by not allowing things by github you're forcing people to learn something else. Most developers experienced with Git will also be very familiar with Github. You're telling those people to instead go and learn something else. That will result in some people deciding it's not worth the trouble. I'm fully aware it's up to you to decide whether you're willing to pay that price, but personally i find it a bit odd that you can't simply do both.
And as for, apparently, most of the documentation on your contribute page being safely ignorable: If that is truly the case, i recommend rewriting that to make it obvious, because right now it's anything but. :)
If the last bit is the only good thing that comes out of this, then i'll be happy.
My issues are two-fold:
You could have just said on that slide: "We want a central code review system, so people do not have to learn Git. Github isn't terrible, but Gerrit is much better."
Instead you ended up putting up a list of points that make github seem like some kind of fatally flawed thing, while frankly putting people off with inaccuracies/subjectivities.
Secondly, by not allowing things by github you're forcing people to learn something else. Most developers experienced with Git will also be very familiar with Github. You're telling those people to instead go and learn something else. That will result in some people deciding it's not worth the trouble. I'm fully aware it's up to you to decide whether you're willing to pay that price, but personally i find it a bit odd that you can't simply do both.
And as for, apparently, most of the documentation on your contribute page being safely ignorable: If that is truly the case, i recommend rewriting that to make it obvious, because right now it's anything but. :)
If the last bit is the only good thing that comes out of this, then i'll be happy.