Phab failing to apply patches

[Brandon Allbery]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Thomas Miedema <thomasmiedema at gmail.com>
wrote:

> * you validate locally (in a different build directory, so you can keep
> using build flavour = devel2 in your development directory)
> * fork the ghc github repository, push your branch there, and let Travis
> validate it: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/TestingPatches#Travis
>
> * ask Austin for some special Phabricator syntax that you could add when
> you submit the patch, to request Harbormaster not to rebase onto HEAD
> before validating
>

Seems to me that, if Harbormaster is already overloaded, the second option
should be preferred. Offloading from one limited resource (local machine)
to another that is also shared seems like a lose for everyone.

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